Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the...
by DoctorOetker on Friday September 07, 2018 @12:12PM
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What's the maximum current carrying capability for this standard 800 kV DC line?
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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the...
by tim333 on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:50PM
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Not sure for a standard line but the record is "1100 kV voltage, a 3,000 km (1,900 mi) length and 12 GW of power". So presumably 11,000 amps or so for that one. I guess you can have as much current as you want by making the cable thicker.
Being built in China here approx https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Guquan,+Putuo,+Zhoushan,+C...
It's quite an impressive looking thing (vid) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2KfrP_R3s
Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the...
by DoctorOetker on Friday September 07, 2018 @03:45PM
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so transporting 1 TW would be a hundred of those in parallel
Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the...
by xyzzyz on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:50PM
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Yeah, but the average EU power consumption today is 0.35 TW, so with only a hundred of those in parallel (more likely spread around the Europe) you could literally satisfy 100% of EU power demand, and still have plenty of spare capacity.
Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the...
by tim333 on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:16PM
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I guess something like that. Probably beefier pylons and more cable on them.
Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the...
by DoctorOetker on Saturday September 08, 2018 @09:47AM
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could submarine power cables in the Medeterranian sea be thinner since the water keeps the cable cool?