[LINK] Hot Rocks

[Richard Archer]

At 4:31 PM +1000 4/4/11, Tom Koltai wrote:

>Err. I have to qualify that and confirm that my position as stipulated
>in 2009 remains... Hot rocks are good if the consumers are within 99 Km
>otherwise, transmission loss nullifies the benefit.

Victorian power generation is east of Melbourne.
Melbourne is between 150 and 200 km away
The biggest consumer is in Portland, 500+ km away.

So apparently your 99km limit is somewhat flexible.

 ...R.