Hydrogen
cooled superconductors are an existing technology that could be used
in the construction of a new national energy grid in densely
populated corridors. Carbon-free energy generation of wind and solar
producing storable hydrogen gas through electrolysis of sea-water
would far surpass battery technology in producing energy for latter
use.
Pipelines
full if liquid hydrogen cooling fairly high-temperature
superconducting would accomplish two important energy purposes
simultaneously; providing hydrogen gas that can be used directly for
energy production as it is quite explosive and comparable to gasoline
or propane, and enabling superconducting power lines that can store
electricity themselves with no transmission loss (zero resistance).
In turn, the existence of a zero-resistance power line will allow
solar and wind power to store energy in that too, creating a triple
advantage over existing technology of the energy infrastructure.
https://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/SA_Supergrid.pdf Hydrogen-filled
super-grid
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2010/ph240/yankowitz1/ Superconducting
Power Transmission
Paul M. Grant, Chauncey
Starr and Thomas J. Overbye
Scientific
American
Vol.
295, No. 1 (JULY 2006), pp.
76-83 http://palgrave.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v295/n1/box/scientificamerican0706-76_BX3.html
It is reasonable for independent solar and wind energy producers to be able to tie in as producers to the grid as well. Congress should pass legislation to require utilities to buy power from independent producers, or at least to be allowed to sell their power to the grid host with a percent being paid to the host for the conduit. WIth that policy the advantages of moving toward off-the-grid national energy independence free from cyber and physical terrorism can develop alongside the primary upgrades to population dense energy corridors.
It is reasonable for independent solar and wind energy producers to be able to tie in as producers to the grid as well. Congress should pass legislation to require utilities to buy power from independent producers, or at least to be allowed to sell their power to the grid host with a percent being paid to the host for the conduit. WIth that policy the advantages of moving toward off-the-grid national energy independence free from cyber and physical terrorism can develop alongside the primary upgrades to population dense energy corridors.
