Interesting. But not, it appears, not quite the longest in the world (by that time), if this Australia - Singapore link I saw a few days ago is true.
About the UK - Morocco case, something of the order of 15% loss would seem plausible at full power, and the percentage would reduce at lower load. These types of cables can be 1500 mm2 or more, and the voltage on each of the two 1800 MW parts could be well over 500 kV. These are just estimates, based on the DM article and other recent subsea schemes. It's not an unreasonable level of loss: something roughly 10% is lost in the grids within many countries, from large generators to households. And compared to producing then using hydrogen, it's much superior.
Interesting. But not, it appears, not quite the longest in the world (by that time), if this Australia - Singapore link I saw a few days ago is true.
About the UK - Morocco case, something of the order of 15% loss would seem plausible at full power, and the percentage would reduce at lower load. These types of cables can be 1500 mm2 or more, and the voltage on each of the two 1800 MW parts could be well over 500 kV. These are just estimates, based on the DM article and other recent subsea schemes. It's not an unreasonable level of loss: something roughly 10% is lost in the grids within many countries, from large generators to households. And compared to producing then using hydrogen, it's much superior.
