[AR] Re: extreme grid interconnection \ Re: Re: Way off topic (was Nitrating C60)
- From: Lars Osborne <lars.osborne@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:55:13 -0700
High Voltage DC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current
It seems to be a somewhat solved problem, and is being installed rapidly.
Thanks,
Lars Osborne
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 6:45 PM, David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Bill Claybaugh wrote:
>
> > Ultimately, connecting the future Arab, European, and North American
> grids
> > will provide more than sufficient supply for the small nighttime load.
>
> That sounds like it might not be too realistic, with respect to the actual
> characteristics of power transmission systems...
>
> How would you implement such an interconnection (of e.g. Europe and North
> America)? How would you transfer power across the ocean? To which of the
> three North American grids would this transoceanic power line be connected?
> How would power flow from this point of interconnection to (and across) the
> other two grids? How would you handle the issue of synchronizing 50Hz
> European
> power with 60Hz North American power?
>
> What advances will this require with respect to the present state of the
> art and practice of power transmission technology, the present state of
> the continental grid infrastructure, or the present state of the economics
> and politics of bulk power transmission system construction?
>
> -dave w
>
>
>
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