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I wonder if the higher likelyhood of a 'hostile nation’ breaking the link is more of an issue now and makes the project less likely, protecting a 3800 km unders

I wonder if the higher likelyhood of a 'hostile nation’ breaking the link is more of an issue now and makes the project less likely, protecting a 3800 km undersea cable is presumably impossible.

defrost 3y ago
Globally there are other issues: The idea of intercontinental renewable energy is not limited to Europe. On the other side of the world, a company called SunCable has charted a path for an 4,300-km-long undersea cable that would deliver solar power from Australia’s Northern Territory to Singapore, dodging the islands of Indonesia along the way. SunCable’s experience has been rocky; the company entered and exited administration this year over a dispute between its financial backers. This is back on again, apparently*, but Risk is a big factor - SunCable want to cross multiple fault lines through a notorious volcanic zone which introduces the "backup in event of failure" issues and magnifies the problem of single cable dependance. * https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-05/tas-sun-cable-bell-bay-/103066506 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-05/tas-sun-cable-bell-ba...
- api 3y ago
  I don’t think the idea is viable without a huge multinational simultaneous effort to build enough of it for there to be a lot of redundancy, and then an equally deep commitment to mutual defense of the infrastructure. Not going to happen in today’s decoupling world. Batteries are a better investment.
dave4420 3y ago
If it is going to be buried 700m under the sea floor, then it won’t get accidentally severed by ships anchors, at least. Was Nord Stream buried?
- helsinkiandrew 3y ago
  > Was Nord Stream buried? No, and neither is XLinks - the cable will be layed in sea upto 700M deep not 700M below the sea floor as the article stated.
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ReactiveJelly 3y ago
I wonder how many gigawatts / terawatts a cable would need to carry before you can fit gunship patrols into the budget.
- natmaka 3y ago
  Also true for uranium, oil...

I wonder if the higher likelyhood of a 'hostile nation’ breaking the link is more of an issue now and makes the project less likely, protecting a 3800 km undersea cable is presumably impossible.

defrost 3y ago

Globally there are other issues: The idea of intercontinental renewable energy is not limited to Europe. On the other side of the world, a company called SunCable has charted a path for an 4,300-km-long undersea cable that would deliver solar power from Australia’s Northern Territory to Singapore, dodging the islands of Indonesia along the way. SunCable’s experience has been rocky; the company entered and exited administration this year over a dispute between its financial backers. This is back on again, apparently*, but Risk is a big factor - SunCable want to cross multiple fault lines through a notorious volcanic zone which introduces the "backup in event of failure" issues and magnifies the problem of single cable dependance. * https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-05/tas-sun-cable-bell-bay-/103066506 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-05/tas-sun-cable-bell-ba...

api 3y ago
I don’t think the idea is viable without a huge multinational simultaneous effort to build enough of it for there to be a lot of redundancy, and then an equally deep commitment to mutual defense of the infrastructure. Not going to happen in today’s decoupling world. Batteries are a better investment.

dave4420 3y ago

If it is going to be buried 700m under the sea floor, then it won’t get accidentally severed by ships anchors, at least. Was Nord Stream buried?

helsinkiandrew 3y ago
> Was Nord Stream buried? No, and neither is XLinks - the cable will be layed in sea upto 700M deep not 700M below the sea floor as the article stated.

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ReactiveJelly 3y ago

I wonder how many gigawatts / terawatts a cable would need to carry before you can fit gunship patrols into the budget.

natmaka 3y ago
Also true for uranium, oil...