EatingOnions@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agoEU wants African sunlight to power Europe’s electric revolutionwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up160
arrow-up160external-linkEU wants African sunlight to power Europe’s electric revolutionwww.politico.euEatingOnions@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarebecausechemistry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months 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-up13·3 months agoBecause HVDC is a thing… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current
minus-squarebecausechemistry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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.