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The North Atlantic Transmission One Link (Nato-L) wants to connect the European & American electricity grids via a 3,500 km cable to share excess renewable energy. (www.independent.ie)
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[–] rimu@piefed.social 15 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

This is over 4x longer than the longest undersea cable in the world

HVDC transmission losses are quoted at 3.5% per 1,000 km

So 15.75% of the electricity would just vanish. That takes the shine off it a bit although if the price difference is big enough it would still be worth doing.

[–] Tobberone@lemm.ee 8 points 13 hours ago

Well, even 84% sunshine transmitted is still rather shiny and is more than what is available at night.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

And 1k km longer than the existing longest line