said by dmagerl:So I'm just curious. How do they convert 1000MW of DC power to AC for eventual use? That's got to be one big honkin' inverter.. And how do they do it with any sort of efficiency.
Efficiency is not hard when there are no restrictions on size and weight. Banks of thyristors driving an iron core transformer work quite well.
By the way a single 800kV DC line typically carries 8000MW, whereas three phase 760kVac carries only 3000MW.