Comment on Why can't countries with vast deserts make solar farms to power the world?

HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

As others have said, the issue is transmission.

There are parts of the world where solar power is deployed to help with the power grid; the Southwest USA uses solar power a lot as peak solar generally aligns with peak electrical demand. However, there isn’t the infrastructure to move west coast power to the east coast.

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