EatingOnions@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 9 days agoEU wants African sunlight to power Europe’s electric revolutionwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
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minus-squarebecausechemistry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·9 days agoThe article doesn’t mention losses due to super long transmission lines. Like sure you can generate a kajillion watts of electricity in Algeria but if you can’t charge a cell phone with it once it makes it to Madrid then who cares?
minus-squarejgjl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 days agoBecause HVDC is a thing… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current
minus-squarebecausechemistry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days ago 3.5% per 1000 km Okay wow, that’s not bad! TIL.
The article doesn’t mention losses due to super long transmission lines. Like sure you can generate a kajillion watts of electricity in Algeria but if you can’t charge a cell phone with it once it makes it to Madrid then who cares?
Because HVDC is a thing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current
Okay wow, that’s not bad! TIL.