The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energy, two reports found.
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Replacing existing power lines with cables made from state-of-the-art materials could roughly double the capacity of the electric grid in many parts of the country, making room for much more wind and solar power.
This technique, known as “advanced reconductoring,” is widely used in other countries. But many U.S. utilities have been slow to embrace it because of their unfamiliarity with the technology as well as regulatory and bureaucratic hurdles…
Today, most power lines consist of steel cores surrounded by strands of aluminum, a design that’s been around for a century. In the 2000s, several companies developed cables that used smaller, lighter cores such as carbon fiber and that could hold more aluminum. These advanced cables can carry up to twice as much current as older models…In many places, upgrading power lines with advanced conductors could nearly double the capacity of existing transmission corridors at less than half the cost of building new lines… [end quote]
The rest of the article describes challenges to actually getting the reconductoring done in the U.S.
If it finally does happen, 3M may benefit since it manufactures the the 3M Composite Conductor. Of course, 3M has many products but widespread adoption of the technology could be significant.
Companies that install power lines could also benefit.
But this will probably take a while to be adopted.
Wendy
Have you noticed the vitriol against women CEOs? News agencies reporting every little pimple a woman CEO has? Yet hundreds of male counterparts go unknown to the public. Even when their companies throw off toxic waste, pollution or radiation into the environment?
How many males have bankrupted companies? Often unknown CEOs. If a woman breaths on a major company as CEO the bankruptcy watch starts.
Are you trying to say women get a fair shake? Scratching my head at what you are implying.
However, Fortune’s findings also align with those of a 2022 analysis of Russell 3000 companies that found male CEOs hold on to their jobs for 9.9 years while women last 6.6 years, as Bloomberg reported.Feb 20, 2024
The kicker to generalize the conversation about MBAs.
The gender pay gap also narrowed from 8% to 6% based on first post-MBA jobs, but the pay gap has widened over time. The same survey revealed that the gender pay gap widens to 17% over time, with all men respondents currently earning an average of $209,011, compared to $173,070 for women.Sep 21, 2023
It is utterly fascinating (and baffling) how quickly a thread about the electric grid was hijacked and diverted by a topic about gender equity in the workplace.
You’re only noticing this now? Leap has been one of the more unusual posters here in TMF La-La-Land from the start. A number of his posts are insightful in various ways while others are…well… just unusual.
If it was intended as satire, you would not have then tried to justify your “satire” by posting a defense of your position with 3 linked articles on the topic.
