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No the problem there is actually transporting that. It's no use to build a solar farm there and then stretch a long copper powerline back to wherever it is need

by SCHiM 9y ago

No the problem there is actually transporting that. It's no use to build a solar farm there and then stretch a long copper powerline back to wherever it is needed because of the losses involved.

bluGill 9y ago
I was including transportation issues in capturing. There is also the storage problem.
- Cerium 9y ago
  No storage problem if you build a global superconductor power grid.
  - knicholes 9y ago
    Of course that requires superconductors that are reasonably inexpensive and relatively robust and maintainable!
twic 9y ago
"The studies concluded that the extremely high solar radiation in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East outweighs the 10–15% transmission losses between the desert regions and Europe. This means that solar thermal power plants in the desert regions are more economical than the same kinds of plants in southern Europe." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec