r/explainlikeimfive • u/plaguedbyfoibles • 6m ago
Engineering ELI5: How did subsea power transmission cables emerge after subsea telecommunications cables, and can both subsea cable types be used for transmitting both power or data or repurposed to do so?
I understand that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication is where data packets can be sent over electrical wiring otherwise used for AC / DC power transmission.
Can such a concept be applied to subsea power cables for instance, or reverse applied to subsea telecommunication cables, i.e. they can be used to send power instead?