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Its my understanding that some hydro facilities do this. One issue I can think of is the losses of transmitting that much electricity from 1 area to another (10
by abfan1127 6y ago
Its my understanding that some hydro facilities do this. One issue I can think of is the losses of transmitting that much electricity from 1 area to another (1000s of miles away). the losses of transport coupled with the losses of "storage" and "generation" make it more expensive. I don't know the actual costs, just ideas I think about.
- ebiester 6y agoThe losses of transport are relatively small, smaller than would be expected: see http://insideenergy.org/2015/11/06/lost-in-transmission-how-much-electricity-disappears-between-a-power-plant-and-your-plug/ http://insideenergy.org/2015/11/06/lost-in-transmission-how-...
- sdepablos 6y agoNot so much with ultra-high-voltage lines. China has been doing it for years because of the really long distances between electricity production and consumption. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-voltage_electricity_transmission_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-voltage_electrici...