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New Undersea Power Cables Could Carry Green Energy From Country to Country
What if across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, six high-voltage power cables stretched -- each over 2,000 miles long. CNN reports that a group of entrepreneurs "wants to build what would be the worldâ(TM)s largest subsea energy interconnector between continents, linking Europe and North Ame...
âoeWhen the sun is at its zenith, we probably have more power in Europe than we can really use,â said Simon Ludlam, founder and CEO of Etchea Energy, and one of the trio of Europeans leading the project. The transatlantic interconnector is still a proposal, but networks of green energy cables are starting to sprawl across the worldâ(TM)s sea beds. They are fast becoming part of a global climate solution, transmitting large amounts of renewable energy to countries struggling to make the green transition alone.
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