China is building UHV transmission lines that supposedly will expedite renewable energy adoption by efficiently sending electricity from low population, high renewable potential areas to high population, low renewable potential areas. The US has a similar problem with renewable energy resources being in low population density areas. My question is:
How likely is it that UHV transmission lines will be built in America?
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7281120
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4808268/
No, it is not essentially required. In addition, transmitting power over large distances may cause many operational problems. You may read the following
Article Modeling and analysis of reactive power in grid‐connected on...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321597802_Sizing_and_Operational_Loading_of_Reactive_Power_Compensators_for_Grid_Connected_Wind_Farms_Considering_Various_Transmission_Options
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318295988_Overview_of_wind_power_intermittency_Impacts_measurements_and_mitigation_solutions
A more practical solution that also can contribute in reducing the adverse impacts of the intense variability of wind power is the conversion of wind power to hydrogen, then transferring it to the design locations via pipelines. The hydrogen may be used in fueling thermal loads, or may be converted to electricity in either an electrochemical process, or a thermal process. You may read
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Conference Paper Overview of Power-to-Hydrogen-to-Power (P2H2P) Systems Based...
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