The Friends of the Supergrid are organizing their 2nd Annual Conference: SUPERGRID 2013 No Transition without Transmission Brussels, 19 March 2013 The 1st FOSG Supergrid Conference confirmed that no “show-stoppers” exist to the development of a European Supergrid. The availability of key grid technologies is assumed and point-to-point connections could be expanded to multi-terminal building blocks for a
Earth Times article: European Supergrid – The Visions moves forward
The global supply chain engaged in electrical interconnection is already making the necessary investment for the creation of the first legs of a pan-European electricity transmission network, or Supergrid. This is the key finding of a new Report from the Friends of the Supergrid. The Report also finds that: · Companies & organisations across supply chain
As announced at the inaugural conference “Supergrid 2012” on 21 March, FOSG has released a Roadmap on the technological challenges for Supergrid. There are no technology “show-stoppers” to the development of a European Supergrid. For visionary long term planning the availability of key VSC-Grid technologies, such as control and protection methods, main circuit design, grid master
Five grid initiatives, representing a range of global energy actors, today called on decision makers to accelerate the transition to a pan European electricity infrastructure. At their inaugural conference “Supergrid 2012”, the Friends of the Supergrid today signed a Joint Declaration with representatives of Medgrid, the Renewable Grid Initiative and the Desertec Industrial Initiative as
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