high-voltage

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To average wind over the entire US, a big network of ultra-high-voltage transmission lines would be needed.

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Alternative form of high voltage. [Pertaining to such a voltage; designed to carry or operate at high voltage.]

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adjective

Alternative form of high voltage. [Pertaining to such a voltage; designed to carry or operate at high voltage.]

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adjective

Alternative form of high voltage. [Pertaining to such a voltage; designed to carry or operate at high voltage.]

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To average wind over the entire US, a big network of ultra-high-voltage transmission lines would be needed.

Unless you think there's a long-term high-voltage short that nobody's noticed?

In fact, the interconnects that link the regional power grids in the US are high-voltage DC, because, among other reasons, that allows the grids to be unsynchronized.

There is no GitHub or StackOverflow for mechanical engineering, civil engineering, high-voltage electrical engineering, biotech lab work, etc.

For instance, if the blast were in line-of-sight of multiple high-voltage transmission lines then extra-high-voltage transformers (think >200 kV) could “melt-down” (that is to say, the cellulose insulation is damaged by higher than normal temperature of the oil caused by the excess DC current, but maybe I am wrong?).