That was fun, a major power line that connects NJ to PA cut right though my neighborhood in NJ. It was interesting seeing how it connects and a little detail about the specs of the lines themselves.
I see two examples, India and Africa. Both of which look great but Africa is not a country.
jihadjihad 2 hours ago [-]
> Grid2Poster supports countries, states, provinces and continents, as well as predefined regions.
cheschire 2 hours ago [-]
Neither is California. So?
seliopou 2 hours ago [-]
Africa is not a country.
defrost 2 hours ago [-]
I doubt that's a misconception held by the author.
Directly under the image of electrical grid connections in Africa is the caption:
Grid2Poster supports countries, states, provinces and continents, as well as predefined regions.
Svoka 2 hours ago [-]
as much as 'Middle East and North Africa' - you just pass region in .json and name it whatever you want
bombcar 3 hours ago [-]
I was really hoping these would be propaganda posters for (or against) your country’s grid.
perching_aix 2 hours ago [-]
Didn't know that's "a topic", although funnily enough, it has been on my mind lately. The impetus being households increasingly adopting solar, and batteries improving at a better pace finally.
I wondered if there might come a time in the somewhat near future, where people would decide to disconnect from the grid for good, eventually resulting in large parts of the electrical grid becoming unnecessary (possibly alongside related jobs) and being removed.
I then ran a calculation on our own electricity use vs. production, and came to my senses. Still, personally, I think it would be great if it became possible one day. Just really unsure how it would, based on our own data.
toast0 1 hours ago [-]
Utility electricity is pretty handy. Even if you have sufficient local generation and storage (assuming intermittent generation), a utility connection gives you flexibility to do maintenance and repairs without losing power.
But some people probably won't want to pay for that flexibility. If utility costs keep going up and local generation and storage costs keep going down, there's likely a point where utility power becomes undesirable for many. Unfortunately this probably increases costs for those still using utility power.
cammikebrown 3 hours ago [-]
Well, I know Africa is sparsely populated but the poster really puts it into perspective.
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I was thinking of printing one that's like the California example (https://github.com/open-energy-transition/grid2poster/blob/m...). Where do people print posters nowadays?
https://openinframap.org/
For north america also look at this https://geovizzydesigns.myportfolio.com/electricity-grid-of-... , more complete only in the US since not rely on OSM
Directly under the image of electrical grid connections in Africa is the caption:
I wondered if there might come a time in the somewhat near future, where people would decide to disconnect from the grid for good, eventually resulting in large parts of the electrical grid becoming unnecessary (possibly alongside related jobs) and being removed.
I then ran a calculation on our own electricity use vs. production, and came to my senses. Still, personally, I think it would be great if it became possible one day. Just really unsure how it would, based on our own data.
But some people probably won't want to pay for that flexibility. If utility costs keep going up and local generation and storage costs keep going down, there's likely a point where utility power becomes undesirable for many. Unfortunately this probably increases costs for those still using utility power.