ozzybmx
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Depends on cable quality, length and load, not sure where Australia would go with an undersea line as we are too far away from a country with excess generation.What are the losses like on long undersea cable like that?
There are losses on step-up and step-down and transmission, then the higher the voltage, the less transmission losses due to resistance. So it may be stepped up from 275kV to 800kV for transmission, then stepped down again at the other side to say 275kV again, then down further to useable voltages.
The length of the interconnector underseas and the cost is not viable for Australia and no one is ever going to pay for it.
Where does it go ? 2000km to NZ and just remember the Eastern grid is not connected to WA, so Malaysia is out of the question or another transmission line would have to be built 1000's of kilometers overland from Broome/Karratha to link to the NEM.