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May 2, 2018 8 tweets 5 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
To extend your analogy, the key difference between retail goods and electricity is that electricity can move at the speed of light as long as there is a wire to move it on. 1/
What Euro (and now Chinese) power mkts are doing is using UHV #transmission lines to move surplus power to mkts with excess demand. This benefits #renewables which are not dispatchable also uses more capacity of baseload plants. /2
As @ABBgroupnews and @Siemens will tell you, the power loss w/ HVDC #transmission > 2,000 mi is very low and can easily tranverse water boundaries, which is why it's being used for offshore wind and across North Sea. /3
Besides too much regulation, the U.S. power mkts also suffer from the "Balkanization" of mkts -- w/ 50 separate Public Utility Comm's at state level, so that kWh's change value when they cross a state line. (?) /4
For this reason, US power grid resembles US highway system BEFORE modern interstate system was built. If robust power grid existed today (w/ day-ahead power mkt), kWs could cross time zones to meet peak demands as needed. /5
.@AWEA, @clacky007 and others have done the needed research on these issues. What's needed is the leadership at the national level (?) and a compelling argument (like national security) to override the vested interests in place at the state level. /6
Since US power mkts seem frozen, global leadership will likely pass to Chinese, who are going full speed w/ latest UHV technology, turning "energy for export" into a reality througout their Belt-and-Road territories. See @geidco project goo.gl/SgbGX1
See also @jtemple's story on #HVDC in @techreview "How to Get Wyoming Wind to California, and Cut 80% of U.S. Carbon Emissions" goo.gl/52L4cF /END

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