Getting solar produced electricity from the Sahara to the UK is well within the capabilities of current HVDC transmission. The problems are more political and human than technical.
The region is known for coups, revolutions, wars, and general poor governance. Whom is going to risk billions of dollars on a facility that is vulnerable to confiscation by the next government or to destruction in the next war. And of course the European hard left would demand that the electricity be given to the local poor, rather than being "taken away" to the profit of western capitalists.
Getting solar produced electricity from the Sahara to the UK is well within the capabilities of current HVDC transmission. The problems are more political and human than technical.
The region is known for coups, revolutions, wars, and general poor governance. Whom is going to risk billions of dollars on a facility that is vulnerable to confiscation by the next government or to destruction in the next war. And of course the European hard left would demand that the electricity be given to the local poor, rather than being "taken away" to the profit of western capitalists.
