What If We Covered The Sahara Desert With Solar Panels Video

[Vmedvil2]

This is a video about covering the Sahara Desert with solar panels, I found this interesting in the fact that it could power the entire human species.

 

[LaurieAG]

Power generation and transmission/distribution have different constraints.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission#Losses

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Transmission and distribution losses in the United States were estimated at 6.6% in 1997,[26] 6.5% in 2007[26] and 5% from 2013 to 2019.[27] In general, losses are estimated from the discrepancy between power produced (as reported by power plants) and power sold to the end customers; the difference between what is produced and what is consumed constitute transmission and distribution losses, assuming no utility theft occurs.

As of 1980, the longest cost-effective distance for direct-current transmission was determined to be 7,000 kilometres (4,300 miles). For alternating current it was 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles), though all transmission lines in use today are substantially shorter than this.[21]