Access cheap, clean power
Efficient power markets depend on a strong grid
More grid capacity between price zones means that you can access lowest-cost power even if it is located further away. This reduces the cost of energy for you, because a more expensive power plant does not need to turn on.
In regions with a high share of solar and wind, up to one tenth of energy is already being wasted because of congestion in the grid. DLR increases grid capacity and ensures these power plants can operate. This reduces your energy cost, because the marginal cost of producing solar and wind is zero.
DLR reduces the risk of outages and disruptions in the grid, helping ensure a stable energy supply for critical industrial operations and households.
DLR increases the connectivity between regions, improving access to reserve power and helping keep the lights on.
Clean power is being curtailed - wasted - because of grid congestion. More grid capacity means more low-cost clean power can reach you.
Curtailment of solar and wind because of grid congestion is increasingly common. DLR supports a higher share of delivery of renewable energy thanks to increased grid capacity, allowing you to meet sustainability goals at lower cost.
Lots of solar and wind projects are waiting in grid connection queues. It takes a decade on average to build a new power line. DLR supports a faster interconnection process if the project developer accepts a flexible grid connection. DLR helps reduce grid congestion, so the developer can maximize their flexible connection. In this way additional renewable generation can reach markets faster.
Grids are under increasing stress due to the growing demand for power around the world.
Grids are under increasing stress due to the growing demand for power around the world.
The best resources for solar and wind are often located far away from centres of demand with weak existing grids. Transporting this zero marginal cost power to consumers requires a massive grid build-out.
The acceleration in the pace of building the grid is unprecedented. The quickest way to add capacity is to maximize existing lines.
The grid already cannot handle new connection requests from industry, data centres, batteries, EV chargers or solar and wind generators. The lack of transmission capacity is now the biggest obstacle to affordable power prices.
High-voltage transmission lines are extremely sensitive to the weather and especially wind. A light wind doubles the capacity of an overhead line. Grid capacity can safely be increased by one third by properly accounting with the conditions along power lines.
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