Hi folks, this report from Ember and the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) seemed worth sharing, and it prompted the questiion in this forum post topic:
What is the live, online equivalent today to these proposed grid hosting capacity maps?
Power grids have finite capacity. As renewables thrive and consumers electrify away from fossil gas, pressure on the grid is mounting. Lack of grid capacity is already a key barrier to deploying new renewables and connecting new consumers, and capacity is likely to continue to lag behind what is needed for several years to come
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One solution in the portfolio is the publication of grid hosting capacity maps by grid operators. These maps provide information about the available space on the power grid for new capacity at a certain location, according to the current and expected future status of the grid.
the full report is here:
https://ember-climate.org/insights/commentary/transparent-grids-for-all/
And it mentions some nice examples in the wild, like this set of US grid maps:
https://www.energy.gov/eere/us-atlas-electric-distribution-system-hosting-capacity-maps
One thing I didn’t understand though - people speculating because that patch of land might have good grid connectivity is already a thing, and I’m not sure how you would avoid an acceleration of speculative activities if you just shared this data. One to explore/
Anyway, if you’ve seen other, live examples of grid capacity maps, I’d be interested in seeing them.
