Design posters showcasing your country's electrical grid
49 points by lyoncy 3 hours ago | 14 comments

jfim 2 hours ago
Those are really cool!

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?

reply
cheschire 38 minutes ago
Somewhat related:

https://openinframap.org/

reply
Projectiboga 11 minutes ago
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.
reply
loremm 54 minutes ago
Really nice and OET is great

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

reply
seliopou 14 minutes ago
Africa is not a country.
reply
defrost 10 minutes 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.
reply
Svoka 12 minutes ago
as much as 'Middle East and North Africa' - you just pass region in .json and name it whatever you want
reply
baliex 44 minutes ago
I see two examples, India and Africa. Both of which look great but Africa is not a country.
reply
jihadjihad 20 minutes ago
> Grid2Poster supports countries, states, provinces and continents, as well as predefined regions.
reply
cheschire 39 minutes ago
Neither is California. So?
reply
bombcar 2 hours ago
I was really hoping these would be propaganda posters for (or against) your country’s grid.
reply
perching_aix 34 minutes 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.

reply
toast0 6 minutes 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.

reply
cammikebrown 2 hours ago
Well, I know Africa is sparsely populated but the poster really puts it into perspective.
reply