Shock Horror..The first transmission line Copperstirng, has already blwon out by 20%...How many poles are inthe ground..NONE.
Cost of CopperString transmission line blows out by 20 per cent
Taxpayers will need to fork out an additional $1.2 billion towards a high-voltage electricity transmission line due to a rise in construction costs and terrain challenges.
The Queensland government has flagged a more than 20 per cent rise in costs for the $5 billion CopperString – one of Australia’s biggest energy grid expansions.
The project will connect Queensland’s northwest to the grid through an 840km power line running from south of Townsville to Mount Isa.
So the $10m per km is now $12m per km...was it 27,000km to be done to rewire @ $1.2m per Km = $32,400,000,000.
$32 BILLION dollars..& growing....how much will maintenance cost...
All of which is going to bring DOWN the power price....Not a chance.
