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They do need more capacity to/from EU, but it's not a bad idea to add extra path diversity to increase reliability of the system. A direct undersea HVDC cable i
by stephen_g 4y ago
They do need more capacity to/from EU, but it's not a bad idea to add extra path diversity to increase reliability of the system. A direct undersea HVDC cable is going to have far less conversion losses than converting to AC, going through Spain, and then another HVDC conversion to hop over to the UK... Even more so given most of the current and proposed cables are via France.
- avar 4y agoElectricity is fungible, it would make no sense to transfer the electrons being generated in Morocco to the UK via the mainland. Instead you'd have Spain use them, then Spain might transfer excess power from its north to France, which in turn would transfer more power to the UK. That it isn't being done like that is interesting in itself. I wonder what the mix of technical and political reasons is. To a sibling comment saying "Brexit", that's clearly not the case, as a graph in this article shows: https://www.powerengineeringint.com/industry-insights/britain-hits-power-imports-record/ https://www.powerengineeringint.com/industry-insights/britai...
- _fizz_buzz_ 4y agoThat project definitely has a taste of Brexit to it. If it was decided on pure technical reasons one wouldn't run the cable around the EU.