Re: 1GW (sic) Battery Energy Storage Systems

On 25/11/2024 6:05 am, TTman wrote:

 

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Maybe they mean 1 gigawatt. It seems to be peaking power.
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There are already long-distance DC power lines, with AC conversion on
both ends. I think they use a lot of IGBTs.

 DC power lines in the UK ? Don't think so....

They've already got a bunch of undersea cable to various bits of Europe, and the most recent ones are certainly DC.
The first one - across the channel to France - dates back to the 1950's.
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