Is 100% Renewable Possible By 2050? - Interconnectors

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Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus
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[beback_]

It's crazy that Germany and Poland can cooperate more effectively than say, California and Texas can.

[eduddles]

"The Californian government has so far resisted the prospect of joining a wider interconnected grid."
That's not an entirely accurate statement. California is already part of a massive regional grid called the Western Interconnection. We buy and sell power with other states all the time. What California has resisted is the idea of joining a Regional Transmission Organization, which as mentioned would be overseen by the federal government, and thus California would lose the ability to regulate some things like the required percent of renewable energy.
Source: I'm an electrical engineer working at a major California utility.

[friendlytalbot]

It's stuff like this that makes me excited for the future rather than dreading it.

[lutu]

The subject being discussed in this video is one of the major reasons to why I've decided to pursue a master in electrical power engineering after I've graduated this spring from my bachelor studies. It's such a cool and exciting topic, while also being a key step in making the transition to a carbon neutral energy system.

[G]

If this super interconnected grid takes off, the benefits to the resilience of the entire European electric power grid would be immense. This project should be prioritized since it's critical to European security.

[lindsay]

Another advantage of interconnection is that it helps offer "system strength" to areas with high penetrations of renewable (generally asynchronous) generation. This increases the capacity of a system to incorporate renewables, provided a percentage generation remains synchronous (rotating).

[maxifilip]

7:38 that’s the Temelín nuclear power plant in my country, the Czech Republic, the country actually exports more power than this plant itself makes, so people are unhappy about all the coal plants here, supplying the local grid.

[lmmortalZodd]

"This interconnection will have a capacity of (emphasized) *700 MW* "
Me, thinking on the Kardishev scale: Those are rookie numbers, you got to pump those numbers up!

[arinolsensvebak]

Europes interconnected grid is such a good example of how cooperation and friendship between different countries and people is good for everyone. In this example, people all over Europe saves money an emissions by cooperating. Take this and use it to define what you think is best for everyone: Friendship and coalition, or dissing and quarrelling?

[Slippergypsy]

Europe over there building renewable energy super grids, meanwhile in australia were spending billions on slow trains and knocking down perfectly fine stadiums to rebuild them

[paulgoffin]

FWIW, as I type this, the UK's electricity grid is currently getting 52% from renewables.

(2% from coal, but that's just because that power station closes in 31 days and it's burning off its coal stocks).

And 8% of our power is currently via our interconnectors.

[Pvkasz]

This is such an exciting idea! I really hope that for once, it goes well.

[TheBombson]

conclusion: bring back the water wheels

[kairon]

While this is amazing, Knowing Iriland has so much wind energy this makes me feel disappointment in Newfoundland leaders. We also live on the edge of the Atlantic but on the other side.

We have loads of wind but the Newfoundland hydro company would rather use oil or river damns than wind. And last I checked a guy was fined for setting up solar power, but that could have been a tabloid.
A true story is a PEI man is paying HST (Tax) on electricty he generates himself. So dumb.

[engineerseanyoutube]

This is funny to watch in a time (during the summer no less) where California is suffering from rolling blackouts due to insufficient power supplies. Adding interconnections could help some, but the costs and losses would be higher than adding several grid scale (10 Gwh or more) molten salt energy storage or a few gen 3 or gen 4 nuclear power plants.

[Jcewazhere]

Silly me, I assumed the state grids were already all connected :X

[Cormin]

As an American, I'm really jealous of the European interconnectors

[lorismartinoperfetto]

Proud to be European, and as an Italian, happy to lead our countries and the world in the quest for renewable energy

[therdid]

This is so cool. Sappy feelings aside, I love seeing humanity putting their differences aside in the name of a higher technological advancement. I wish things like this happened way more.

[quimiorlando]

Great video, I didn't know this about Europe. As a Costa Rica, I am glad our country is working the same way as then. Now this new Real Engineering series sounds really interesting and super useful for us engineers.