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Re:Adding capacity to the electricity grid is not a simple task by ZeroGravitas on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:44AM (#35467594)
China is a world leader in HVDC and UHVDC transmission and has been for over a decade:

https://www.power-technology.com/features/chinas-mega-transm...

> The Changji-Guquan +/-1,100kV project is a major technical step-up, making it the world’s highest DC voltage,” said Liu ZeHong, executive vice president of SGCC. The project is the first of its kind, but could be followed by many more crisscrossing Asia and the world. Already SGCC has plans for the construction of more ultra-high-voltage DC (UHVDC) lines both domestically and as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, a project that is aiming to increase Chinese-led infrastructure investment in more than 80 countries.

> SGCC president Liu Zhenya has dubbed UHVDC an “intercontinental ballistic missile”. It is a key part of his Global Energy Interconnection initiative,

Its amazing what you can achieve when the main conversation isn't "are all the scientists hoaxing us because they irrationally hate our precious fossil fuels?".

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