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Don't tell me what I can't do!

HVDC transmission losses are only around 3.5% per 1000km.

So you could get around 80% of the energy you produce in Mali to Norway. Doesn't seem so bad.

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Furthermore, there is strictly negative benefit to siting solar farms in deserts. It makes them run hot, thus less efficiently, and shortens their lifetime.

Siting solar on farmland increases farm yield and cuts water loss.