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A comment on Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion. Parent comment

Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by simonebrunozzi on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:02PM (#21007378)
At least it's not too easy to transport electric energy long distances. Maybe this will mitigate the exploitation you are fearing.
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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by EvanWinget on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:59PM (#21008102)
HVDC (high voltage direct current) networks can actually move electricity on an order of hundreds of miles with single digit % losses. There are further losses though during the switch from solar DC to AC, where voltage is then stepped up, and again back to DC for the transmission.
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