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Ultra-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
by Symbiote 2y ago
Ultra-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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