Dr Alvres-Chang is not an expert on power transmission. However, he is adamant that his prediction is possible.
He has never claimed that a superconductor cable can carry infinite energy, merely that the low losses change the economics of generation and transmission.
He also says that his local energy supplier has a small generating plant and a link to the global superconducting grid. He suspects the plant is used to guarantee essential services are run in the event of an accident disrupting the global grid. He is not sure if the cable to his supplier is carrying ac or dc, but thinks the cost of one (or maybe two) large inverter is not really that prohibitive considering the technical advances in the first decade and a half of this century and the huge market for such units. He has hazy memories of some companies offering very efficient dc motor - ac generator machines sometime in the early noughties.
Dr Alvres-Chang is not an expert on power transmission. However, he is adamant that his prediction is possible.
He has never claimed that a superconductor cable can carry infinite energy, merely that the low losses change the economics of generation and transmission.
He also says that his local energy supplier has a small generating plant and a link to the global superconducting grid. He suspects the plant is used to guarantee essential services are run in the event of an accident disrupting the global grid. He is not sure if the cable to his supplier is carrying ac or dc, but thinks the cost of one (or maybe two) large inverter is not really that prohibitive considering the technical advances in the first decade and a half of this century and the huge market for such units. He has hazy memories of some companies offering very efficient dc motor - ac generator machines sometime in the early noughties.
