25 Apr
2014
25 Apr
'14
4:11 a.m.
Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Don't forget the inefficiencies of transmitting power over power lines for ... there is plenty lost there too. If it wasn't for this problem, there wouldn't be AC power, it would all be DC. But even AC will see losses from transmission.
The other day somebody told me that DC's lossiness is a solved problem now, but I can't remember what the keyword was.