Green energy via inter-continental networks

Green energy via inter-continental networks

Can you send green energy via networks that stretch over several thousand kilometres? The dream of global green energy faces obstacles on the way, but many experts maintain that super grids are the future.

An ambitious solar-power sharing link between Gujarat in India and Oman, nearly 1,000 kilometres to the west, could become the first phase of an electricity network that may one day cover the entire world. This link is a part of the One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative planned by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) that has currently 90 member countries including Oman.

According to the ISA, the next phase of the network would stretch over 3,000 kilometres east from India and through Bangladesh, Myanmar and Vietnam. Additional connections between already existing networks in the Middle East, Europe and Africa could create a network that spans 10 time zones and supplies energy from one part of the globe to another. The goal is to have a fully connected network ready by 2050. The sun never actually sets – when it sets in one place, it rises in another and if we can connect the entire network, then we have green electricity everywhere – voila!

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