Jeff St. John of Canary Media reports on grid infrastructure startup.
- TS Conductor has raised $60 million to significantly expand its U.S. manufacturing capacity for advanced power cables, which can help improve grid the clean energy transition by increasing grid capacity.
- The company’s innovative cables, made of aluminum surrounding a carbon composite core, are lighter, stronger, and capable of carrying more electricity than traditional cables, potentially reducing overall transmission infrastructure costs
- While private sector innovation is great, meaningful permitting reform is needed to allow these technologies to power the grid.
“Advanced conductors are also particularly well suited to ’reconductoring’ projects — replacing old cables on existing transmission towers. The tech can double to triple the transmission capacity of those existing corridors, providing utilities and regulators with an alternative to securing rights-of-way and building new towers across hundreds of miles of land. Building transmission from scratch can take up to or more than a decade from conception to completion, and is often stymied by permitting and legal challenges.”
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