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@ieeespectrum@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

The UK has a power transmission problem. Wind farms in Scotland are producing huge amounts of energy, but getting it flowing to London in the south is costly.

New grid-enhancing technologies allow more #power to be transferred across the grid, without building new power lines.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/grid-congestion-uk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

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Mike P
@FenTiger@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@ieeespectrum "Grid-enhancing technologies"... why am I picturing a little plastic box sold on Amazon, which claims to "BOOST GIRD POWER EFICIENCY UPTO 2000%!!!" while actually only containing an LED?

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@gummipalme@mastodon.communick.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 19 hours ago

@ieeespectrum hey i have seen this one.. #Energiewende #Germany

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