The project to transform the desert into the global solar farm
Universities in Japan and Algeria that seeks to generate energy to the point of supplying 50 percent of global electricity by 2050. The idea is to exploit the conditions presented by the world’s largest desert (Sahara because its soil is silicon with which it is possible to achieve the photovoltaic panels, abundant sunshine and uninhabited space) to create silicon factories there and power plants coming solar to produce 100 gigawatts (GW) of electricity.
The objective of this project, which is still in a stage of research is going replicating the model so that the Sahara desert of North Africa, to become the world’s solar farm. While this plan led by Hideomi Koinuma is somewhat ambitious, if carried out could be extremely successful and beneficial for the environment because it would mean a major step toward independence from fossil fuels.
As we told you on another occasion, and there are other projects that have the potential of desert to develop this type of clean energy. But the “Solar Breeder Sahara Project” draws attention because its purpose goes further, claiming a radical change in electricity production globally.
For now continue the investigation, which is expected to spend $ 2 million. These are based on test the feasibility of implementing this initiative into practice, analyzing the materials and what would be most appropriate machine to have in place.
Can you imagine in 40 years a farm capable of providing 50 percent of global electricity? It may seem strange, and even the most pessimistic possible. However, the “Solar Breeder Sahara Project” is already underway, with large chance of being successful.