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Revolutionising power transmission.

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The energy transition solutions of the 21st Century will take many forms, with a complex mix of different power producers. Moving energy across ever greater distances will overcome much of the intermittency of renewables like wind and solar. The way we will achieve that is via truly mind boggling high voltage direct current transmission systems. The question is, can we manufacture them quickly enough?

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Previous Just Have a Think videos about HVDC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJunxkln578&t=783s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rThkjp-bp8M&t=312s

Research links

X-LINKS and XLCC

https://xlinks.co/

https://xlcc.co.uk/

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/worlds-longest-hvdc-cable-project-backed-with-30-million-funding/

https://www.energylivenews.com/2023/04/24/uk-to-power-1-8m-homes-with-worlds-biggest-power-line/

US Energy Information Administration - Coal chart
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55960


VERITASIUM - How Electricity Actually Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI_X2cMHNe0&t=46s

ELECTROBOOM - Why HIGH VOLTAGE DC power Transmission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFQG9kuXSxg&t=1s

CLEANTECHNICA - HVDC is the new pipeline
https://cleantechnica-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/cleantechnica.com/2023/04/21/hvdc-is-the-new-pipeline/amp/

Interactive map of all current HVDC locations
https://osm4wiki.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=List_of_HVDC_projects

US - CANADA shared wind power
https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/us-canada-shared-offshore-wind-backbone-could-save-almost-800m/2-1-1446224

SOO GREEN HVDC LINK
https://soogreen.com/

CHAMPLAIN HOUSE
https://chpexpress.com/

NORTH SEA WIND
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65479765

EUROPE HVDC
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/features/hvdc-europe-lundberg/

https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/europe-high-voltage-direct-current-hvdc-transmission-systems-market-industry

CHINA HVDC
https://www.hitachienergy.com/news/features/2020/07/the-world-s-most-powerful-transmis-sion-system-facilitated-by-hi#:~:text=The%203%2C293%20kilometers%20Changji%2DGuquan,voltage%20and%20power%20capacity%20ever

INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE
https://isolaralliance.org/work/osowog/

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