I'm amazed I almost never read about a much more viable alternative: inter-continental power transmission cables.
There are a few projects: UK buying electricity from Morocco, Singapore buying electricity from Australia. Both implemented using undersea power transmission cables.
If this could be implemented on a global scale, it would also massively reduce the requirements of storage for transient solar and wind power.
Sounds like an eco disaster to me.
Some things only happen when it's dark...
I'm amazed I almost never read about a much more viable alternative: inter-continental power transmission cables.
There are a few projects: UK buying electricity from Morocco, Singapore buying electricity from Australia. Both implemented using undersea power transmission cables.
If this could be implemented on a global scale, it would also massively reduce the requirements of storage for transient solar and wind power.