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>Power plants aren't particularly mobile
Perhaps I should have said collecting station. What I meant was use a network of satellites or what have you to collect the energy and beam it to the power plant as microwaves.
Like, set up a bunch of boilers at 500 yard intervals somewhere in the desert, and each boiler microwave lasers its energy to the main collecting station, which heats the water.
but yes wires are moar practical.