Hi,

I think you guys in the U.S are missing a trick here. You've got some pretty huge deserts with great sunlight conditions; it really would be possible to create some huge solar farms.

[My assumption for the below is that you don't have a national grid which can efficiently move electricity between states??]

Rather than use the electricity generated directly it could be used to split water into Oxygen and Hydrogen. Whilst this is not the most efficient use of electricity it would give the option of piping or tankering the fuel all over the US.

Once it reaches its destination it could be used in fuel cells for cars or homes or re-combined and burnt in a regular powerstation to produce local electricity with pure water being the only by-product 🙂

Just a thought.

K.