Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper
by Caveman_Coder on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @05:15AM
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> "Not to mention maintenance of such long cable will be real hard"
Not really. You'd have to do periodic helicopter patrols of the lines themselves. There isn't really that much "maintenance" that occurs on the line, definitely on the xfmrs/rectifiers/inverters though, but that is normal for any transmission/substation owner.
Not really. You'd have to do periodic helicopter patrols of the lines themselves. There isn't really that much "maintenance" that occurs on the line, definitely on the xfmrs/rectifiers/inverters though, but that is normal for any transmission/substation owner.
Also, expected losses are ~5%