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> "A single long power line from Boston to LA would only see ~25% loss from one end to the other." It would actually be less than that using a modern HVDC tran
by Reason077 4y ago
> "A single long power line from Boston to LA would only see ~25% loss from one end to the other."
It would actually be less than that using a modern HVDC transmission line. Losses for HVDC are around 3% per 1000 km of cable, and around 0.7% for the converter stations at each end. So around 15% loss for a theoretical Boston-to-LA HVDC.