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ClarenceCarter
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Hi everyone,
I am humbly here to ask a question. I have no EE training or education (as will become apparent) but I couldn't sleep and my head was churning and now I need to know:
Can you operate a city or country on solar power generated on the other side of the globe? i.e. Could solar power generated in Australia be used to light a bulb in London? The upshot of this is that if we had a 'critical mass' of solar generation and an intelligent grid would we be able to always have 'base load' solar?
Please remember I have no technical education. Everybody here is smarter than me. That is why I am here, right?
PS: Please disregard financial/geopolitical complications. I am merely asking if physics will permit the theory.
ClarenceCarter
I am humbly here to ask a question. I have no EE training or education (as will become apparent) but I couldn't sleep and my head was churning and now I need to know:
Can you operate a city or country on solar power generated on the other side of the globe? i.e. Could solar power generated in Australia be used to light a bulb in London? The upshot of this is that if we had a 'critical mass' of solar generation and an intelligent grid would we be able to always have 'base load' solar?
Please remember I have no technical education. Everybody here is smarter than me. That is why I am here, right?
PS: Please disregard financial/geopolitical complications. I am merely asking if physics will permit the theory.
ClarenceCarter