Early on in the year, Hackaday published one of its short daily pieces about plans from the people behind altpwr.net for a low voltage DC power grid slated ... hefty mains cable as the current ...

To ensure that the minimum amount of power is lost from the cables: the cables are thick so that their resistance is low high voltages are used to reduce the current through the transmission lines ...

Power cable manufacturer ... Enexis Netbeheer to supply medium voltage (MV) power cables. The move is part of an initiative to upgrade and expand the power grid in the Netherlands.