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> The UK is rapidly developing HVDC undersea cables to import clean hydro from Denmark and Norway That struck me as odd, because Denmark is flat as a pancake -
by twic 6y ago
> The UK is rapidly developing HVDC undersea cables to import clean hydro from Denmark and Norway
That struck me as odd, because Denmark is flat as a pancake - it's basically an overgrown sandbank laid down by Norway's fjords. But the article explains that the cable will carry power from Norwegian hydro plants, which for some reason comes via Denmark. There is a direct cable from Norway to the UK, but i suppose this adds some redundancy, which is good. And, as the article notes, allows the UK to export surplus power (from wind?) to Denmark.
On Denmark being flat, here is its highest point - note that in the photo, the highest point isn't visible, because it's behind a barn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B8lleh%C3%B8j https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B8lleh%C3%B8j
- toomuchtodo 6y ago> And, as the article notes, allows the UK to export surplus power (from wind?) to Denmark. Correct. Quite a bit of offshore wind potential Great Britain. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2020/06/12/great-britain-becomes-europes-second-highest-producer-of-wind/ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2020/06/12/great-britai...
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoFor some reason could be explained by looking at [1] https://openinframap.org/#4.88/56.67/8.34/L,P https://openinframap.org/#4.88/56.67/8.34/L,P By going via Denmark the distance under water is shorter. Also continental Europe, mainly Germany and Benelux slurped the power first, so the infrastructures have already been there. Why not use them as much as possible, i guess? Although recently some direct point-to-point has been built.