Grid-Enhancing Technologies - Jan 16th, 2024
 
 
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Grid-Enhancing Technologies

Maximizing T&D and substation technology to boost today's power grid
 
Climate change is causing more extreme weather events and more damage to nature, communities, and infrastructure coming at a cost of $1.3 trillion in the last decade.
The KES battery project, located on eight acres of industrial land on the southwest side of Oahu near Honolulu, uses 158 Tesla Megapack 2 XL lithium iron phosphate batteries, each roughly the size of a shipping container.
More than 5,900 miles of HVDC undersea transmission cables are required for efficient offshore wind development by mid-century.
Duke Energy has 6,000 line and tree workers continuing power restoration in the affected regions.
The joint venture project will be composed of around 440 km of subsea HVDC cable connecting new converter stations planned for Peterhead and Yorkshire.
In our first ICYMI audio story, we are featuring a narrated version of a story featured in our December 2023 Electric Utility Operations section.