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They can, and the UK is one of the largest builders of offshore wind. But Denmark has spare capacity, and UK electricity prices are high.
by dukeyukey 3y ago
They can, and the UK is one of the largest builders of offshore wind. But Denmark has spare capacity, and UK electricity prices are high.
- Angostura 3y agoIt’s not really said in the story, but this is a bidirectional connector. There are certainly times when the UK generates excess energy from wind.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoThis interconnector was already exporting to Denmark earlier in the week when the UK was experiencing record wind generation (per Electricity Maps [1]). The link currently can’t be maximized from West Denmark to the UK due to transmission constraints on the DK side. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38807469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38807469
- dukeyukey 3y agoAbsolutely. It's a given with stuff like wind.
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- fbdab103 3y agoIs that rare? I naively thought that all electrical infrastructure could flow in whichever direction there was need.
- scrlk 3y agoSee "reverse power flow": https://roadnighttaylor.co.uk/connectology/what-is-reverse-power-flow/ https://roadnighttaylor.co.uk/connectology/what-is-reverse-p...
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoFor things like inverters for example, yes, you have to measure things to decide when to turn on (say) transistors based on that information. You have to carefully design it if you want to be able to drive the exact same H-bridge in reverse as a rectifier.