Comments on: The grid and renewables: supersize me http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/12/13/the-grid-and-renewables-supersize-me/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: indarki http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/12/13/the-grid-and-renewables-supersize-me/comment-page-1/#comment-3785 indarki Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:22:32 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1364#comment-3785 I partialy translated it to spanish and commented in my blog: http://indarki.blogia.com/2008/122201-redes-electricas-xxl.php Attractive idea but with some "BUTs": - A supergrid means the construction of lots of km of electric lines, socially and environmently questioned in many places and by many groups. - Far transportation of electricity involves lots of energy looses - To move away production from energy usage makes people less aware of what this consumption involve and it is harder to hold and reduce this energy consumption. The renewables and the smart grids can be inevitable but I'm not sure the supergrid it's the better path. I partialy translated it to spanish and commented in my blog: http://indarki.blogia.com/2008/122201-redes-electricas-xxl.php

Attractive idea but with some “BUTs”:

- A supergrid means the construction of lots of km of electric lines, socially and environmently questioned in many places and by many groups.
- Far transportation of electricity involves lots of energy looses
- To move away production from energy usage makes people less aware of what this consumption involve and it is harder to hold and reduce this energy consumption.

The renewables and the smart grids can be inevitable but I’m not sure the supergrid it’s the better path.

]]> By: The grid and renewables: supersize me http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/12/13/the-grid-and-renewables-supersize-me/comment-page-1/#comment-3713 The grid and renewables: supersize me Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:12:16 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1364#comment-3713 [...] The grid and renewables: supersize me Climate talks in Poznan, Poland, this week included a meeting to discuss the concept of a super-grid that would connect renewable-rich regions to energy-hungry regions via high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) cables. It’s an attractive idea. If Iceland has all the geothermal, North Africa has the solar, Scotland has the offshore wind and the coasts can tap wave power, why not build a grid that can carry that emission-free power to inland population centres that rely on fossil fuels and nuclear? [...] [...] The grid and renewables: supersize me Climate talks in Poznan, Poland, this week included a meeting to discuss the concept of a super-grid that would connect renewable-rich regions to energy-hungry regions via high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) cables. It’s an attractive idea. If Iceland has all the geothermal, North Africa has the solar, Scotland has the offshore wind and the coasts can tap wave power, why not build a grid that can carry that emission-free power to inland population centres that rely on fossil fuels and nuclear? [...]

]]> By: Charles Barton http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/12/13/the-grid-and-renewables-supersize-me/comment-page-1/#comment-3709 Charles Barton Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:01:36 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1364#comment-3709 The whole scheme sounds like an absurdly expensive work around of the flaws of renewables. This is simply another example of the desperate attempts of Greens and mercenary renewables advocates to do without nuclear power. Generation IV nuclear technology, especially the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor will bring the price of nuclear power dramatically down, while solving the problems of Generation II and III nuclear technology. The whole scheme sounds like an absurdly expensive work around of the flaws of renewables. This is simply another example of the desperate attempts of Greens and mercenary renewables advocates to do without nuclear power. Generation IV nuclear technology, especially the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor will bring the price of nuclear power dramatically down, while solving the problems of Generation
II and III nuclear technology.

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