Solar is certainly not a silver bullet. Putting the same panel in Arizona or Norway will yield a wildly different RoI
Northern Africa is having a massive solar boon right now, with lines delivering across Europe.
The smart money would be buying ammonia synthesis equipment to site in Africa, instead, to sell to Finland and wherever the wind has let up.
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It blew my mind you can transmit power for 3000km/2000mi with only about 10% loss using high voltage DC power lines.