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It helps by (geographically) spreading production units. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/180592/european-cooperation-could-provide-more-stable/ https://www.impe
by natmaka 4y ago
It helps by (geographically) spreading production units.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/180592/european-cooperation-could-provide-more-stable/ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/180592/european-cooperation-...
Underwater electricity links do exist, and many are planned.
https://eepublicdownloads.entsoe.eu/clean-documents/Publications/maps/2019/Map_ENTSO-E-4.000.000.pdf https://eepublicdownloads.entsoe.eu/clean-documents/Publicat...
- midoridensha 4y agoI don't see any underwater links in that map that are crossing an ocean. You really think you can have an underwater link that crosses the Atlantic?
- natmaka 4y agoYes, I do, albeit I fail to find why this is a prerequisite for renewables to provide most of consumed electricity. The referenced study analyzes continental-scale. However some existing links are encouraging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NorNed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NorNed Projects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_power_cable#Proposed_submarine_power_cables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_power_cable#Proposed... The underlying approach is not new and is rather rather quickly adopted and improved: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HVDC_projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HVDC_projects