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Your quote from article is valid, but it looks like a scam. There are already Hokkaido-Aomori HVDC lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVDC_Hokkaido%E2%80%93Ho
by fomine3 3y ago
Your quote from article is valid, but it looks like a scam. There are already Hokkaido-Aomori HVDC lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVDC_Hokkaido%E2%80%93Honshu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVDC_Hokkaido%E2%80%93Honshu
Possibly it works for small remote island or remote offshore wind turbines (depending on cost), but I don't know who want to use it for Hokkaido-Aomori.
- thx-2718 3y agoThat can't store power (which some renewables need) and they just said it's costly to repair those lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#Costs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#Co... Here's more details on the ship and idea behind it: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/introducing-the-worlds-first-battery-tanker-x-the-inaugural-ship-of-power-ark-100-on-track-for-completion-by-2025-with-field-testing-set-to-commence-in-2026-301836282.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/introducing-the-wor... https://oceanpowergrid.jp/ https://oceanpowergrid.jp/ I think it's a matter of economics and if they can make money on it, which I'm going to to presume it is possible since people are doing this.