"Energy infrastructure in the North Sea: a time-sensitive international challenge."
My opinion article for #EUSEW, with learnings from the work that we did on a strategic vision for the upcoming Energy Infrastructure Plan for the North Sea.
Published by @cinea_EU - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency today.
"Driving this expansion in #HVDC are major technical advances.
The flexible control over current and voltage is the hallmark of voltage-source converter (VSC) technology.
Germany has led #standardization TenneT asked all of its suppliers to offer compatible 525-kV HVDC systems with room for extra switchgear, creating the option to interconnect today’s segments in larger networks."
"SunZia Transmission is a 550-mile ± 525 kV high-voltage direct current (#HVDC) #TransmissionLine between central New Mexico and south-central Arizona with the capacity to transport 3,000 MW across Western states. SunZia Transmission will deliver power generated by Pattern Energy’s 3,515 MW SunZia Wind facility (the largest wind project in the Western Hemisphere), which is being constructed in #NewMexico."
"dirt cheap hydrogen made from natural gas costs $1-$2 to manufacture, yet costs €15 to €25 at pumps in Europe and $36 at most pumps in California right now." 🤯
Costs will only increase as pipeline investments are made. ⚠️
How many more studies till people realize transporting electrons will always be more efficient than molecules?! 😄😄😄
@mars1024 This is anti-hydrogen propaganda. It is cheaper to transport hydrogen, or anything, in pipeline than over wires. The writer is basically a liar.
Climate change is an immediate threat to the majority of the world's population.
We need a local, regional, state, national, and international "moon shot" type of concentration of effort using available resources while developing and advancing new science and technologies to counteract the damage humans have caused.
Without this type of all-out, universal cooperation, human civilization, and perhaps humanity itself, are in imminent danger of extinction.
"...we are past the point where the actions of individual countries can move the needle on #ClimateChange."
Doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is the only viable #climate change mitigation strategy that can possibly save #human#civilization and our #species.
On national and international scales, we must all work together on projects like building #HVDC#SuperGrid connectivity.