Europe is Building a Massive Undersea Power Network

I was hoping you would mention the other cable projects going on and you did. Really nice video. I totally agree that being connected is better for us all in the long term. Just need to get the massive solar fields potential installed in north Africa and get that connected.

The good part of such an interconnection is that forces countries to cooperate for mutual benefits. It's not an assimetry connection where there is one supplier and others are buying energy, it's more complicated. Everyone needs everyone for the grid to work properly, that's how a network works.

More on the "sun cable" between Australia and Singapore here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAv6GGDGeJM

Denmark is really taking part in some huge infrastructure projects

Crazy how in 2015i was writing papers in my masters degree about the need for super smart grids spanning multiple countries to balance the energy demand. Now in 2022 it's becoming a reality and I even operated the LiDAR machinery in a light aircraft that captured the GIS modelling data for this project!

Here in Norway, there isn't much love for the cables going to Germany and Great Britain. Because exporting a lot more power, is the main reason why prices have skyrocketed here in Norway, especially in the southern half of the country. And it has caused shortages in the southern part, making power MUCH more expnsive compared to north. So now there's a debate going on about better (but extremely expensive to build) connectins between north and south, which north fights again to protect its cheaper prices. So I would be surprised if we make any new international connections anytime soon.

These cables are super unpopular in countries with high domestic electricity production. We’ve seen sky-high rises in electricity prices as a result of selling power to the European market

One extra feature is that they also carry optic fiber with "Terra-bits per second" flow.

Thank you for more great content. Keep it going.

You should do a video on SunCable, the crazy undersea powerlink planned between Australia and Singapore

A tip for a future video - the transformation of Sweden's industrial north! 2 fossil-free steel factories and a giant battery factory are being built in the subarctic, making use of existing hydro, wind and nuclear, but still requiring tons of new green electricity, new housing for perhaps a 100k people(10,000 staff in the factories alone), and fun spin-off effects such as perhaps growing farm salmon or shrimp for the entire EU with the waste heat produced by the steel making process. Fossil-free steel could slash world CO2 emissions by 7%.

Another major proposed interconnector is the x links from Morocco to the UK. 3800km long cable with 3.6GW cable.

Great video, it would have also been worth including the recently announced Morocco - UK connector (comes straight from Morocco solar power generation fields)

Man as a future urban planning major I appreciate your content immensely. Thank you so much!

Living most of my life here in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 I think I can speak for all of the Vikings and say we have absolutely no interest in invading Great Britain 🇬🇧!

Finally!! Something is getting done to address this problem of the electrical grid. Great video as usual.

Yeah these cables might seem cool, and the construction is impressive, but they are not well recieved by the public in Norway. Electricity-prices in southern Norway have gone up several hundred percent since they were put in use… And its much harder for the poorest to stay warm during the winter. In general, for those less fortunate, the standard of living will go down because of these cables.

Coming soon; the Celtic Interconnector, which is a 700 MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine power cable between the southern coast of Ireland and the north-west coast of France. At 575 km (357 mi), it is

These cables are so important. This is how we reduce the need for batteries. It is important that all countries involved also build out their production capacity, otherwise power will just be very expensive for everyone

I really wish Canada eastern provinces got past their historical differences on power and built something similar. There have been plans on the table for a very long while, but very little, if any movement at all to build theses links. The combined renewable ressources of eastern Canada could easily allow theses provinces to fully decarbonise and even become a major power provider for the northern US states. Hydro Québec has surplus electricity that it has been trying to sell to the northern US, but opposition to new lines has been a major problem. Newfoundland has been building a new dam and has plans for another on the Churchill river. Underwater links might just be the ticket to getting power from eastern Canada to the northern US states.