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In Denmark, it appears to be about US$800,000 per kilometre.[0] The article mentions, that 17 billion DKK has been invested to dig down 3,200 km overhead wires
by Svip 7y ago
In Denmark, it appears to be about US$800,000 per kilometre.[0] The article mentions, that 17 billion DKK has been invested to dig down 3,200 km overhead wires. It further notes, that 5.7 billion DKK of the budget is spent on buying the cables from the regional owners, before they can be dug down.
The article further talks about people outraged by the amount spent on digging down these cables, as they are generally high voltage cables, and not those that actually reach houses. So I'd imagine regular wires cost less than the above calculation (which includes the 5.7 billion for purchasing the original wires).
[0] In Danish: https://ing.dk/artikel/nyt-opror-stop-milliard-fras-pa-grave-elkabler-ned-125855 https://ing.dk/artikel/nyt-opror-stop-milliard-fras-pa-grave...
- ehnto 7y ago3,200km is very little distance in the context of the USA and it's rural town sprawl. 3,200km might get you from coast to coast in a straight line, but 3,200km probably wouldn't even service every town in California once you take the landscape and numerous dotted towns. Edit: A commenter further down noted: > PG&E has 81,000 miles of distribution lines So that's 130,357 kilometers. So at the same cost per km as Denmark, 5,312,500 DKK /km, that's 692,521,562,500 DKK or $105,117,847,971.88 USD, ($105.12 billion) USD. Not considering how many miles of that is actually through mountain ranges and the extra cost of doing highly remote work.
- Svip 7y agoI don't deny that the US is far bigger. And its density far lower, even in individual states. I'd imagine that does raise costs. But the US is also proportionally richer than Denmark, per capita ($62k vs $52k), not per square km, mind you. That being said, I do get an impression that more money is lost in bureaucracy/company "fees" in the US than in Denmark.