hmmmm...
https://newatlas.com/energy/long-range-wireless-power-transmission-new-zealand-emrod/
That could have implications for California. The vast majority of the human-caused fires with highest costs in terms of destroyed property had powerline disruption as the proximate cause (that was a very carefully worded sentence)
Debbie says 'Don't cross the beams!'
People are all upset and believing all sorts of bad things about 5G, I hate to think about the conspiracies theories they think up for wireless power.
Layman thought, wouldn't a bloody huge magnet be able to nick the stream of electricity? Might not need the hugeness but you get the idea. Perhaps that would need an equivalent force, I do not know.
Not read the finer details but guess it's most feasible if the line of sight is several hundred metres above ground level.
This is really interesting. Good to see some action on a 120 year old idea! Lets hope they don't all meet with an accident the night before the test ;)