Although the sun does not shine 24 hours in any one location, yet when it is 7 am on the east coast it is 4 am on the west cost. That time zone could be extended 200 miles east, and 200 miles west. That gives almost another time zone to capture energy from solar.
For wind, off shore makes a lot of sense.
I know transmission losses are high and should be avoided.
If there were solar on every house in USA it would mitigate the need for storage.
If there were a Nissan Leaf or other similar BEV, then storage could be largely local, or "personal". Or one could use "decommissioned" Tesla batteries, that are no longer providing sufficient range.
I'll have about 7.6 kwh of usable storage on my RV by the fall. I am paying for about 120 KWH per month at my Condo. So I'd have very nearly 2 days of storage. If I allowed for deeper cycling then I'd have 9.6 KWh of storage.
Nissan btw expects to produce 1 million electric vehicles per year in 2023.
