Long distance and interregional transmission lines promise to increase reliability, mitigate the impact of extreme weather events, and provide electricity consumers with access to low-cost resources. They are an important piece of the energy transition puzzle. But despite the well documented benefits of long-distance transmission, to date there has been limited progress in building out interties across North America.

What lessons can we draw from the early days of renewable development that are relevant to this new challenge? What is the current state of efforts to develop long distance transmission and interties in the US, and how does this compare to Canada’s approach? And what is the role of "patient capital” in financing these opportunities?

David, Sara, Ed, and Michael Skelly of Grid United discuss all things transmission on Season 5, Episode 3 of Energy vs Climate.

EPISODE NOTES
@1:00 – Michael Skelly
@1:00 – Superpower - Russell Gold
@3:51 – Texas Renewable Energy Zones
@7:44 - TransWest Express Transmission Project, USA
@8:05 - Hertel-New York interconnection line
@9:00 - EvC - Canada's Big Bet on Electrification
@16:10 - The economics of large-scale wind power in a carbon constrained world (DeCarolis and Keith, 2006)
@24:50 - Viking Link Interconnector Project, Denmark-UK
@27:15 - North Plains Connector
@29:14 - Replacing the Utility Transmission Syndicate's Control (Peskoe, 2023)
@29:19 - Grid Governance in the Energy Trilemma Era: Remedying the Democracy Deficit (Kleit and Walters, 2023)
@33:00 - China's mega transmission lines
@33:50 - Morocco-UK Power Project
@35:00 - EvC - How Solar Became Cheap
@45:01 - Buying hydro from B.C. will help Alberta meet net-zero goal, in Ottawa's vision 

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