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Splenda t1_ixe9t46 wrote

Reply to comment by gerkletoss in HVDC macrogrid would reduce climate pollutants and electricity costs while transmitting low-cost renewable power by manual_tranny

Subsea lines avoid the politics of overland routing. When you're running a line 2,000 km on land, every local government enroute wants a piece of the revenue.

Hence, the 3,800 km Xlinks line that will soon power much of the UK from Morocco skirts the coasts of Portugal, Spain and France.

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gerkletoss t1_ixea5iz wrote

That one has to go along the seabed though, and involving mote countries is a whole extra level of headache compared to this proposal if the coastal lines were moved inland.

I'm not saying it's wrong, but I'd really like to see the trade study.

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