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High-Temp Superconductors To Connect Power Grids
physburn writes "Somewhere in a triangle between Roswell (UFO) NM, Albuquerque (Left Turn) NM, and Amarillo (Do you know the way?) TX, a 22.5 square mile triangle of High Temperature Superconductor pipeline is to be built. Each leg of the triangle can carry 5GW of electricity. The purpose to load-balance and sell electricity between America's three power grids. Previously the Eastern Grid, Western Grid and Texan Grid have been separate, preventing cheap electricity being sold from one end of America to the other. The Tres Amiga Superstation, as it is to be called, will finally connect the three grids. The superstation is also designed to link renewable solar and wind power in the grids, and is to use HTS wire from American Superconductor. Some 23 years after its invention, today HTS comes of age. "
That's enough to power slightly more than four time machines.
This is why I come to slashdot! A technical article with the right units! 5 GW of electricity. Not 100,000 volts of electricity, not 50,000 Amps of electricity, but 5 GW. Now, that's useful!
That's why the OP just said it was to be built "somewhere" and didn't mention Clovis.
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Sure Amiga still rocks !
Who will build an Atari ST grid ?
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Seriously, Roswell?
More likely this is going to be the supragrid where the huge alien craft will come to suck our energy away. (Think "V" The mini-series)
Let me get this straight: it will be a square, triangle, pipeline? Are you sure it's not a series of tubes?
I wonder if there is a difference in the potential of this technology and other high throughput power transferring systems. I think being able to distribute power has the capacity to put us on the road to using more electricity as opposed to oil based fuel. That's all we've needed: a kick in the joules to get us on a better path.
Shocking times indeed. I just need to remember to stay grounded; You can never know exactly when and where technological progress will come from.
I can conduct 3 symphony orchestras at once.
I'm a super conductor.
Oh no, they've disabled our ability to sell electricity from one grid to another!
The submitter obviously didn't know the way to San Jose and instead of admitting he was wrong changed the song.
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I doubt it. In fact, the people working on it probably submitted this story and are reading all the comments right now, taking notes as they go.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
Wow, a 5GW circuit breaker... I just got a vision of jumping into a bulldozer in order to flick the enormous reset switch.
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