You want those multiple conductor arrangements anyway to reduce the corona discharge.
If you go up to multiple KHz then it will become a problem.
You want those multiple conductor arrangements anyway to reduce the corona discharge.
If you go up to multiple KHz then it will become a problem.
If you transmit a lot of power over very long distances then the higher the voltage the lower the current and DC gets rid of the skin losses so there's the case for HVDC transmission lines (which are extremely impressive feats of engineering, as are the substations).
Finally found a good picture of a cross section of a HV AC transmission cable:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium-conductor_steel-rein...
Based on that ruler that makes the AL wires about 3 mm each, and the skin depth at 50 Hz would be about 11.5 mm or so, so well within the range where the skin losses are extremely small (they are still there though, and when you're transferring Gigawatts every little bit helps).