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hunter

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5. Mason City Iowa is on an odd eastern extension of the Southwest Power Pool

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:14 AM

Oct 2021

Chicago is a western connection to the PJM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_transmission_organization_%28North_America%29

Using a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) line allows long distance transmission on underground or underwater lines (which is not possible with High Voltage Alternating Current lines) and avoids a lot of synchronization issues.

The disadvantage is that you must have expensive AC/DC conversion stations on each end of the HVDC line.

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Unique underground power line would send renewable energy from Midwest to Eastern markets [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 OP

I was wondering the capacity of the line but it was not in article. Yonnie3 Oct 2021 #1

It's probably in there, and I left it out. I'll go back and add that if I can. Thanks. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #2

Mason City - Biofuels Yonnie3 Oct 2021 #3

EDIT: I also read that Turner wanted to build a wind farm around there Yonnie3 Oct 2021 #4

Mason City Iowa is on an odd eastern extension of the Southwest Power Pool hunter Oct 2021 #5

I know you worked on this. Why is HVAC unsuitable for long-distance mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #6

Simple explanation: Water and wet earth conduct electricity. hunter Oct 2021 #7

Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #8