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Feasable, and the concept has been proposed, but doesn't look likely to be built in the near future. There are still lower hanging (more profitable) fruit when
by Reason077 2y ago
Feasable, and the concept has been proposed, but doesn't look likely to be built in the near future. There are still lower hanging (more profitable) fruit when it comes to building undersea HVDC cables.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelink
- jfengel 2y agoSeems like one might hold off on underseas power cables until we figure out how to keep Russian and Chinese ships from having so many accidents.
- adgjlsfhk1 2y agopower cables are a lot less vulnerable than fiber since cutting a cable carrying 500kv DC will do nasty things to whatever you're trying to cut with
- appointment 2y agoEstlink 2 (650MW, 450 kV) has been cut twice in a year, with months-long outages in both cases.