System for collecting, generating, and transmitting gigawatt scale energy from a plurality of distributed sources dispersed over an area

A system for collecting, generating, and transmitting Gigawatt scale energy from a plurality of distributed sources dispersed over an area, the system comprising:

• a load;
• and
• a geographically dispersed network comprising a plurality of nodes dispersed over the area, each node comprising:
• a water source;
• renewable energy sources comprising:
• a wind turbine string of a plurality of wind turbines;
• and
• a solar photovoltaic string of a plurality of solar photovoltaic skids;
• and
• a nodal substation in electrical communication with the renewable energy sources, the nodal substation comprising:
• at least one electrolyser in electrical communication with the renewable energy sources, the at least one electrolyser configured to convert water from the water source into hydrogen (H2), or a hydrogen compound, with electricity from the renewable energy sources;
• and
• a compressor to compress H2, or a hydrogen compound, from the at least one electrolyser into a pipeline fluidly connecting each of the nodes to the load;
• wherein the nodal substation is positioned a distance from the renewable energy sources, the distance selected such that:
• Energy EfficiencyH2 transmission>Energy EfficiencyHigh voltage power transmission,
• where Energy EfficiencyH2 transmission is the energy efficiency of transmitting energy from the renewable energy sources to the load via the nodal substation as H2 or a hydrogen compound, and
• where Energy EfficiencyHigh voltage power transmission is the energy efficiency of transmitting energy from the renewable energy sources to the load via high voltage power transmission;
• and
• wherein the renewable energy sources define a perimeter, and the nodal substation is defined with the perimeter;
• wherein each of the plurality of nodes are positioned at different locations along the pipeline in fluid communication with the load;
• and
• wherein the perimeters defined by the renewable energy sources of the nodes are dispersed over the area.