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HVDC is High Voltage DC, therefore grids aren't really important. The bigger issues are losses and costs

• qoobaa 10y ago
  The question was if it's possible to use someone's else electricity when the sun isn't shining in your place. While it's technically possible and in many cases economically reasonable, you probably won't see countries giving up their electricity production and importing power from overseas - the main reason is politics.
  • the_other 10y ago
    We need to get over this. Let's find better politicians.
  • pjc50 10y ago
    you probably won't see countries giving up their electricity production and importing power from overseas - the main reason is politics. Importing a whole country's power consumption is probably a bit much in terms of required infrastructure (except for the microstates which already do this), but smaller links are already present and make economic sense. I don't think the politics of energy security are an obstacle if the price is right.