That's a great demonstration, but I doubt it will become cost-effective anytime soon, or ever.
To me it looks like building a sufficiently thick undersea HVDC line wrapping around the globe and connecting all the solar installations on the ground would be an easier route. The sun always shines somewhere.
Don't forget to factor in a floating solar array in the pacific ocean somewhere. There's a good period of the day where that's really the only place getting usable sun.
To me it looks like building a sufficiently thick undersea HVDC line wrapping around the globe and connecting all the solar installations on the ground would be an easier route. The sun always shines somewhere.