A Global High Voltage DC (HVDC) Supergrid - IEEE Spectrum article

[gary]

In the August 2015 edition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE)
Spectrum Magazine, Clark W. Gellings, a Fellow at the Electric Power Research Institute and an
IEEE Life Fellow, describes in an article the idea of a global power grid (http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/lets-build-a-global-power-grid).

As Gellings says, "With a little DC wizardry and a lot of cash, we could
swap power across continents".







Article here -
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/lets-build-a-global-power-grid


In a related item, Peter Fairley wrote on 28th Aug 2015 on the IEEE Spectrum web site an article entitled "Fear of Russia Drives High-Voltage Power Projects in the Baltics". (http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/policy/fear-of-russia-drives-highvoltage-power-projects-in-the-baltics)



Article here -
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/policy/fear-of-russia-drives-highvoltage-power-projects-in-the-baltics

Gary Kopff
IEEE Member 37 years

[xelasnave]

Thanks Gary
I had no idea
What a task

[Shiraz]

thanks for the heads up Gary.

Interesting that two methods for making better use of renewables seem to be either - to build a huge grid - or - concentrate on local storage in the household. Slight dichotomy there.

one also has to wonder how overjoyed the Russian will be if they lose their stranglehold on supplying energy to middle Europe....

[AussieTrooper]

At present, the trend is away from that sort of thing. Demand from the grid is falling as more local generation is added. Capital investment is dying right off. This stuff may have good applications overseas, but I can’t see it going ahead here.