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phaj19 t1_j4359kn wrote

Reply to comment by Surur in From 300 GW to 3,000 GW per year – a utopia? by manual_tranny

That would only work with lots of HVDC cables. In fact if we could produce our electricity about 2 times zones to the west and bring it to the place of consumption by HVDC cables, we could match the demand almost perfectly.
And if we can go 7 times over then I would suggest going for hydrogen or better synthetic fuels. That way we could even store enough renewable energy for the winter and the relatively huge losses would be worth it.

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Surur t1_j4378za wrote

> In fact if we could produce our electricity about 2 times zones to the west and bring it to the place of consumption by HVDC cables, we could match the demand almost perfectly.

Imagine massive floating solar farms in the pacific ocean.

If you can trust chatgpt (which you cant really) about 51 acres of solar panels would be enough for the west coast duck curve.

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