Re:ITER fusion energy pushed back beyond 2050
by lmm on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @04:47AM
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And then you end up spending far more on powerlines than it would cost to get working fusion.
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Re:ITER fusion energy pushed back beyond 2050
by sandl on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @08:01AM
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Not really - ITER alone is expected to be in excess of $20 billion, that would buy you about 20 modern HVDC Transmission lines, each with a length of 1000 km and able to transmit 40 GW of power in total. That's a lot of power. :-)
http://electrical-engineering-portal.com/analysing-the-costs...