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Europe uses them to transfer energy in states and between states. Mostly with AC but there are some DC connections.
by stop50 2y ago
Europe uses them to transfer energy in states and between states. Mostly with AC but there are some DC connections.
- Symbiote 2y agoUltra-High Voltage seems to mean over 500kV. AC lines of this voltage in Europe are only in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. https://www.entsoe.eu/data/map/ https://www.entsoe.eu/data/map/ — there's a legend if you click the button, but navy is > 500kV AC, and magenta is DC.
- ta1243 2y agoThere's half a dozen lines over 500kV DC in operation and as many again under development and construction
- jeffreygoesto 2y agoI heard one of the problems is that since countries want to run the lines submerged, which is too expensive and/or challenging for other reasons (fields,...) for high voltage DC.
- ta1243 2y agoThe ones in europe are submarine. AC has its own challenges under the sea. This one for example at 600kV and 2.2GW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_HVDC_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_HVDC_Link There are of course issues with all undersea cables (AC or DC) in today's climate with cable cuts being so frequent. I wonder if it's easier to locate AC cables
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