[bilbo0s]

I don't know if anyone would mock you, but no, it won't last 100 years. Not without a whole lot of work and a lot of things going exactly right for a hundred years.

Also, why, on earth, would anyone in Kenya need solar energy from Australia? It has some of the best wind resources on the planet in the Rift Valley alone. Not to mention its own ridiculously high levels of solar available. And all that before we've even talked about the expense and difficulty of laying such a line. Add in unparalleled mineral availability in Africa and the Chinese building out manufacturing in Kenya. (Heck, all over the EAC actually.) I just have a hard time even seeing storage batteries as much of a problem for Kenya in the near future.

You need places like Singapore. Where the resources are unequal to the need for this whole thing to make sense.

[ben_w]

> Also, why, on earth, would anyone in Kenya need solar energy from Australia?

Was thinking more that Kenya and Australia would sell electricity to Singapore during Singapore's night.

But Kenya <-> Australia also works, for nighttime coverage.

Wind may be better for each though, I've not looked at that kind of specific.

I'd assume Kenya would also be great for geothermal, having been past (IIRC) Olkaria V in Hell's Gate.