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Pretty sure it stays quite sunny in the desert. Also, there are quite a lot of deserts around the world. The land given it serves no other purpose is probably
by onethought 3y ago
Pretty sure it stays quite sunny in the desert. Also, there are quite a lot of deserts around the world.
The land given it serves no other purpose is probably not expensive.
- sofixa 3y agoHow do you transport the electricity from the desert to where it's actually needed? Transmission losses and infrastructure costs make that cost prohibitive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpM_zKGE4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpM_zKGE4o
- onethought 3y agoI think as other have pointed out HVDC lines make it a possibility. I don't quite understand the point made in the video about "expensive infrastructure to convert AC to DC"... wouldn't solar farms be generating in DC? Is the infrastructure in order to get the voltage up? Couldn't I string enough solar panels to increase the voltage? We are already doing projects like this [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia-Asia_Power_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia-Asia_Power_Link