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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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[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

๐Ÿ˜ you don't transport electricity at low voltages like that, because the loss is bigger. In France there is roughly 400.000 volt lines, they get split up in 200.000v then 63.000 IIRC etc etc down to 230v (220, 230, 240 I never remember which country has which).

So no problem there.

[โ€“] ramble81@lemm.ee 5 points 15 hours ago

And for reference some US transmission lines are up to 765kV.