And as usual, moar power... https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609766/how-to-get-wyoming-wind-to-california-and-cut-80-of-us-carbon-emissions/ https://wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current https://www.siemens.com/press/pool/de/events/2012/energy/2012-07-wismar/factsheet-hvdc-e.pdf
And lazy day reading... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005H0O8KQ/