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dzonga 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Australian government approves AAPowerLink project...

yeah - dumb question from me as well. won't a lot of power be lost during transmission ?

What material would they use for the cables at those vast distances to make the numbers work ?

adrianN 6 months ago | [–]

HVDC has reasonable losses over very long distances and solar is extremely cheap. I believe aluminum is used for these cables.

danielheath 6 months ago | [–]

Obligatory jwz post on the topic: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2002/11/engineering-pornography/

defrost 6 months ago | [–]

22 years old and about three phase AC power on copper cables rather than HVDC power on aluminium cable.

But, sure, worth it for the HN=referrer porn JWZ throws up, I guess?

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