Electric Pipeline Corporation has invented and is developing polymer insulated electric pipelines "elpipes" for transmission of 3-30 GW through a pair of underground HVDC lines. Elpipes fit inside a pipeline that is similar to a gas pipeline, or they may be installed at the surface on conventional or narrow gauge railroad tracks. The train like features of elpipes make them convenient to install and convenient to repair.
10/2/10
My Paper & Presentation to the IEEE Energy Conference in Waltham
I presented my paper, "Massive Underground HVDC Transmission via Elpipes:Implications for Grid Evolution" at the 2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply). It was well received, but I was low on enthusiasm because I had just got back from Zurich without making a deal with ABB. Ron Todd was kind enough not to tell be he quit as CTO until after the Conference was over. I remained at the nadir, and frankly depressed, until last night (actually at 3:30 this morning) when i was wakened from my sleep by a new invention that came to me. I think I have a solution to the HVDC circuit breaker problem.
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