RE:RE:something to gnaw onschrodingerscat wrote: Chile and Argentina plan on a 5 point interconnection in the coming years.
whether these are all electrical or a combination of gas and electrical ?, anyways they may have an outline where the crossing points will be by January.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-argentina-energy-exclusive/exclusive-chile-expects-to-soon-clinch-argentina-energy-swap-deal-idUSKCN1BI2F1
after rereading the article the plan is for 5 electrical connections.
poking around i see that Kinross's Maricunga project had a 110kv line brought to thier site
zoom earth shows it's proximity to the 3Q's
https://zoom.earth/#-27.547619,-69.288202,10z,map
zoom in and out close up is the station next to the back-up gensets appears to be about 40km away.
Maricunga had thier water rights suspended so the power is just sitting thier for now pending the water rights claims.
extreme weather events do happen
https://zoom.earth/#-27.547619,-69.288202,9z,map,am,2015-03-23
advance it till the 26th of march i know it's 2015.
though seems no damage from snow but the rains at lower altitudes washed out some of the towers
https://www.kinross.com/news-and-investors/news-releases/press-release-details/2015/Kinross-Maricunga-mine-returns-to-full-operation/default.aspx
https://www.kinrossworld.kinross.com/en/articles/kinross-chile-rises-challenge-after-worst-flooding-decades
anyways this is pretty damn close for power and lots of it.