Oops! I spelled your name wrong, Michel... Actually I can blame that on T. Edison. ;-)
My apologies. Regards, Steven Vincnet Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks > -----Original Message----- > From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson > [mailto:orionwo...@charter.net] > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 7:52 AM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: RE: [Vo]:DESERTEC solar thermal plan > > From Michel: > > > According to that paper, electricity can be transported over very long > > distances (from North Africa to all of Europe in their project) with > > only minor losses (15%) using HVDC power lines. > > > > If that's true, it seems to me that with such a HVDC grid, renewable > > energy doesn't have to be stored any more, apart from mobile > > applications of course. > > > > An additional advantage of DC occurs to me, you no longer need an > > expensive inverter to push your home grown power into the grid, a > > simple boost converter does the trick! > > > > Who was the idiot who invented AC power transmission in the first > place? > > ;-) > > > > Michel > > "Deal Michael," > > "Thank, you for your vote of confidence!" > > "I think I'll go out and demo the electrocution of a few more dogs using > some more of that cursed AC current crap." > > "Your most humble servant" > > "T. Edison" > > Intriguing. Setting my low-brow dramatics aside, I wonder how expensive > such > a grid would cost to build. > > I also wonder what's the status of my own country's efforts to upgrade > our > antiquated grid. > > Regards, > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks >
