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A comment on HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting Tokamak achieves first plasma. Parent comment
A 2.5GW undersea HVDC line costs $2.5mln/km.
The cheapest nuclear power plant in Europe is the Ostrovets power plant in Belarus, the cost of which was $11bln for a 2.4GW plant.
For that money you could buy a 2.5GW HVDC line spanning the entire EU.
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A 2.5GW undersea HVDC line costs $2.5mln/km.
The cheapest nuclear power plant in Europe is the Ostrovets power plant in Belarus, the cost of which was $11bln for a 2.4GW plant.
For that money you could buy a 2.5GW HVDC line spanning the entire EU.