At least in the US if you look at all of the long distance transmission lines, you could easily find huge areas next to the lines that are totally uninhabited t

At least in the US if you look at all of the long distance transmission lines, you could easily find huge areas next to the lines that are totally uninhabited to site a new solar installation plus the transformers etc to connect up to the grid there. The same helicopters they use to service the lines could likely be used to blow off the solar panels once a month when they get dust on them. Somebody should totally do a study of saying "ok here is one major transmission line going across Texas from this big power plant.. how much power does it deliver, and how large of a solar farm would be needed to switch that power over to solar.. " definitely need to figure out a widely deployable energy storage method for solar energy -- like using existing dam's to pump water back up into the reservoir type thing.