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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by martinald on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:18AM (#26143491)
Yes, exactly. But for example interconnecting Houston with AZ or NM power plants, I think HVDC will have fewer losses than AC. Could be wrong thoguh.
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by jcampbell1 on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:01AM (#26143930)
Yes, for that run. The reality is that a far cheaper option would be to just install natural gas peaker turbines in Houston. Chienre Energy is exporting LNG from there so plenty of gas, and I’d estimate the cost per GW at $200M vs $1B, and the time to complete at 1 year vs 5 years.
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