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Finishline42

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22. Europe has an extensive network of transmission lines

Reply to progree (Reply #16)

Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:57 PM

Feb 2021

The wind is always blowing and the sun is always shinning somewhere so having transmission lines to send electricity to where it's needed is one of the main spokes of the wheel.

edited to add link to map of transmission lines in Europe.

https://www.entsoe.eu/data/map/

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Europe has an extensive network of transmission lines Finishline42 Feb 2021 #22