http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/06/28/africa-could-feed-and-fuel-the-world/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=africa-could-feed-and-fuel-the-world Ideas, Development, Data and Design Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/06/28/africa-could-feed-and-fuel-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1366 naysh Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:34 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/2040#comment-1366 The major disadvantage of desert solar farms is the massive sand storms that muck up your panels and can be very abrasive. The major disadvantage of desert solar farms is the massive sand storms that muck up your panels and can be very abrasive.

]]> http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/06/28/africa-could-feed-and-fuel-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1365 Carl Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:30:40 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/2040#comment-1365 The solar thermal potential of the continent is covered in detail in the latest report from Desertec (from which the map featured on treehugger comes I think). This proposal is now getting a lot of traction in the EU and Germany especially. Its important though that the network grid gets expanded south of the Sahara to meet electricity demand across the continent. Otherwise there is a credibility gap that would limit contient wide support. To read the report have a look the Desertec White Book (2.9mb): <a href="http://www.desertec.org/fileadmin/downloads/DESERTEC-WhiteBook_en_small.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.desertec.org/fileadmin/downloads/DESER...</a> Or the Desertec website: <a href="http://www.desertec.org" target="_blank">www.desertec.org</a> The solar thermal potential of the continent is covered in detail in the latest report from Desertec (from which the map featured on treehugger comes I think). This proposal is now getting a lot of traction in the EU and Germany especially. Its important though that the network grid gets expanded south of the Sahara to meet electricity demand across the continent. Otherwise there is a credibility gap that would limit contient wide support. To read the report have a look the Desertec White Book (2.9mb): http://www.desertec.org/fileadmin/downloads/DESER...
Or the Desertec website: http://www.desertec.org

]]> http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/06/28/africa-could-feed-and-fuel-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 Africa could fuel the world « The Ddeok is Always Greener on the Other Side 남의 떡이 더 커 보인다 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:57 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/2040#comment-1362 [...] 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment I am taking this from Appfrica, an absolutely brilliant blog discussing developments on the African [...] [...] 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment I am taking this from Appfrica, an absolutely brilliant blog discussing developments on the African [...]

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