South Korea’s finance minister Choo Kyung-ho met with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation in finance and joint infrastructure projects, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced. Choo highlighted the need for AIIB’s support for South Korean companies in investment projects and called for stronger ties […]
Yeah. You build undersea HVDC lines. HVDC was pioneered for undersea cables because it allows smaller cables with lower transmission loss (greater distance) than AC transmission. The other reason is that HVDC is the only realistic way to import/export power between regional AC transmission systems that are not synchronized.
How would you do HVDC to Japan? Underwater lines?
Yeah. You build undersea HVDC lines. HVDC was pioneered for undersea cables because it allows smaller cables with lower transmission loss (greater distance) than AC transmission. The other reason is that HVDC is the only realistic way to import/export power between regional AC transmission systems that are not synchronized.
Infact the majority of undersea transmission lines are HVDC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_power_cable#Direct_current_cables