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I know BC hydro buys cheap power from other utilities to keep the reservoirs as full as possible. If California has excessive Solar power it could be used to ke
by bardak 2y ago
I know BC hydro buys cheap power from other utilities to keep the reservoirs as full as possible. If California has excessive Solar power it could be used to keep the hydro reservoirs in BC, Washington, Oregon, and northern California full for other times.
- tigerlily 2y agoThat could be quite a good reason to build an HVDC link between the two regions.
- briffle 2y agoThere is already a 3GW HVDC line between The Dalles, OR, and LA. (one of the oldest HVDC links in the US). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_DC_Intertie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_DC_Intertie