• moody
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    12 hours ago

    If only it was realistic to export electricity from Canada to the EU.

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      11 hours ago

      It’s theoretically possible with HVDC (high voltage direct current), as the AC -> DC -> AC transmission conversion allows linked grids to not have their AC waves synced, though that distance would probably be stretching the boundaries of distance.

      • barsoap@lemm.ee
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        2 hours ago

        Not really, no. There’s a link in the works between the UK and Iceland, hopping to Greenland and then to Canada would actually be shorter distances. Mostly it hasn’t happened yet because Iceland isn’t much of a fan of it, they enjoy their cheap electricity and don’t want to plaster their whole country in geothermal. Cable length isn’t an issue.