The Focus Fusion Society Forums General Transition Issues Transition to DC Reply To: Focus fusion and transportation

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Brian H
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Alex Pollard wrote:

I also wonder about losses in long-distance DC transmission; it was my understanding that they are much higher with DC. But Maihem says not.

Focus Fusion shouldn’t require long-distance transmission. DC power users would have a local FF reactor.

Nevertheless the national grid would persist, and urban centers would certainly require power from external clustered generator forms. Transmission would still be an issue. Remember, it takes 1000 FF generators to produce 5GW.