{"id":246605,"date":"2024-02-24T16:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/reconductoring-the-quick-way-to-double-grid-capacity\/"},"modified":"2024-02-24T16:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:04:10","slug":"reconductoring-the-quick-way-to-double-grid-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/reconductoring-the-quick-way-to-double-grid-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconductoring: The Quick Way To Double Grid Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>A recent article at <em>Heatmap<\/em> explains a simple way grid operators are coping with the increased loads and inputs they face today.<\/p>\n<p>With more and more appliances and vehicles going electric, more power is needed. At the same time, record growth in renewable energy projects using wind and solar help make that power available, but there are only so many wires to carry that load from farms to users. This leaves grid operators in many areas struggling to build new lines quickly enough, and they run into heaps of red tape.<\/p>\n<p>New power lines require not only money to build them, but easements and land purchases for the wires to go across, environmental reviews, inspections, engineering approvals, permitting, and all sorts of other things. All of these costs get sent along to clean energy providers and&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2024\/02\/24\/reconductoring-the-quick-way-to-double-grid-capacity\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! 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