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Re:France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5% by _Microft on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:00AM (#17750110)
High-voltage direct current has losses of less than 3% per 1000km according to the Wikipedia article. That's not China-to-US stuff but definitely low enough to move energy around in Europe.
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Re:France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5% by tialaramex on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:15AM (#17750231)
And they do. Up to 3-4GW of the power (maybe 10% of typical power demand) in the UK is imported from its neighbours - some Ireland and the Netherlands, lots of France - at the moment.

The French have a LOT of Nuclear power, and idling a nuclear power station, though possible, is economic insanity, so it makes sense to sell it at a discount to the British.

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Re:France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5% by rsynnott on Monday August 13, 2018 @11:11AM (#17750695)
It's worth noting that this is a two-way street; GB sometimes exports electricity, particularly to Ireland when there's not much wind, but also sometimes to France.
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