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Transporting electrical power over long distances is expensive. If most demand is in cities, most power plants need to be relatively near cities.
by jo909 11y ago
Transporting electrical power over long distances is expensive. If most demand is in cities, most power plants need to be relatively near cities.
- Turing_Machine 11y agoHigh voltage transmission lines are actually pretty efficient. We routinely distribute power over hundreds of kilometers. There are a couple that are over 2,000 km long, and numerous examples over 1,000 km. http://www.power-technology.com/features/featurethe-worlds-longest-power-transmission-lines-4167964/ http://www.power-technology.com/features/featurethe-worlds-l...