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by westwooded 2446 days ago
Transmission is actually one of the biggest problems identified by US ISOs. Not easy to get the power where it is needed bc big transmission lines are costly.
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There is a whole revolution happening in grid transmission right now. High voltage DC lines that were considered impossible not all that long ago now span 1000's of KM between unsynchronized grids and with reduced transmission losses to boot.
China has spent the last 10 years building out a $90B UHV transmission system. They're nearly done. We're still thinking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-voltage_electricity...