> The Changji-Guquan ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission line in China is the world’s first transmission line operating at 1,100kV voltage. The transmission line traverses for a total distance of 3,324km and is capable of transmitting up to 12GW of electricity.
Losses can be compensated for with...more renewable generation.
(note that the above distance is roughly the distance across Europe east-west, distance across the US is a bit more, but you don't need to pull east coast generation all the way to west coast load centers or vice versa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_curren
> The Changji-Guquan ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission line in China is the world’s first transmission line operating at 1,100kV voltage. The transmission line traverses for a total distance of 3,324km and is capable of transmitting up to 12GW of electricity.
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/changji-guquan-uhv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-voltage_electricity...
Losses can be compensated for with...more renewable generation.
(note that the above distance is roughly the distance across Europe east-west, distance across the US is a bit more, but you don't need to pull east coast generation all the way to west coast load centers or vice versa)