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Overview
The United States has vast resources of renewable energy: wind energy on the Great Plains and in the Midwest, solar energy in the Southwest, geothermal energy in the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin,...
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Studies
The North American Supergrid is a proposed nodal high voltage direct current (HVDC), largely underground transmission network that would extend across the lower 48 states, thus creating a national...
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Areas of further study
Building upon the research described in this publication, our team has identified several additional tasks that will further refine each area of research included in this document as we continue to...
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Acknowledgements
For decades, the Climate Institute has fostered the development of emerging leaders in the environmental movement by providing unique opportunities for innovation, project management, and creativity....
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Speaker 1: Dr. Alexander MacDonald Former leader of NOAA’s largest research laboratory Dr. MacDonald will be speaking on the state of our current electric grid, the need for the North American...
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Speaker 2: Betsy Beck Current Director of Transmission Policy at the American Wind Energy Association. Ms. Beck will speak on positive impacts the North American Supergrid will have on distributed...
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Speaker 3: Charlie Bayless Former CEO of Tucson Electric Power and Illinois Power Company. Mr. Bayless will speak on the opportunities for economic growth and increased national security derived from...
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Speaker 4: Rachel Levine Current Chief Engineer for the Climate Institute. Ms. Levine will speak on the practical implementation considerations of constructing the North American Supergrid, including...
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On November 29th, 2017, Climate Institute hosted a speaker event in to launch the North American Supergrid Initiative. This event introduced stakeholders, partners, students, and interested...
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News
Save the climate and protect America: Build an ‘underground energy interstate’ now The two greatest threats the United States (and other nations) face could be solved by a single infrastructure...
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