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Re:The Necessity of Nuclear by westwooded on Sunday October 13, 2019 @06:49PM (#21243783)
Transmission is actually one of the biggest problems identified by US ISOs. Not easy to get the power where it is needed bc big transmission lines are costly.
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Re:The Necessity of Nuclear by jacquesm on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:12PM (#21243905)
There is a whole revolution happening in grid transmission right now. High voltage DC lines that were considered impossible not all that long ago now span 1000's of KM between unsynchronized grids and with reduced transmission losses to boot.
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Re:The Necessity of Nuclear by 8bitsrule on Sunday October 13, 2019 @08:19PM (#21244263)
China has spent the last 10 years building out a $90B UHV transmission system. They're nearly done. We're still thinking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-voltage_electricity...

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