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0 pointsSkunkleton3y ago0 comments

But DC is used for distribution, just at extremely high voltages.

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HVDC is used in distribution for specific transfer between point A and point B, HVDC is not used _for_ distribution.

Distribution implies a network that keeps getting downstepped until it reaches consumer nodes.

San Francisco has a “secret dc grid serving 900 customers” - the problems described are now solvable.

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HVDC is used in distribution for specific transfer between point A and point B, HVDC is not used _for_ distribution.

Distribution implies a network that keeps getting downstepped until it reaches consumer nodes.

San Francisco has a “secret dc grid serving 900 customers” - the problems described are now solvable.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse