Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by jacquesm on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:17PM
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I sincerely believe that HVDC is a game changer here, it allows you to move energy around at a fraction of the losses that were considered normal before allowing for overcapacity in one place to be used elsewhere eliminating a major requirement for storage, on that scale there is no lack of combined sun/wind availability.
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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by ncmncm on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:27PM
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Anyway transmission losses are immaterial when top-line generating capacity is so cheap.
China is building solar in Chile, at their antipodes, and a transmission line back to China with only 50% loss, for solar energy through the night.