Climate stories out of China often involve big numbers, both positive and negative. This one caught my attention recently though. The latest state energy announcement is for 455GW of new renewable …
Morocco says it wants to be the Saudi Arabia of solar energy. Its flagship project is a first-of-its-kind, $9-billion energy plant called Noor, meaning “light” in Arabic, and the size of the city of Paris. Special correspondent Monica Villamizar reports from the city of Ouarzazate.
Here’s an even cooler idea – use the energy harvested from the deserts to turn them into green spaces where you can grow crops.
Deserts are also very windy and can produce a lot of wind energy.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-27-la-fi-windfarm-20100727-story.html
We should have solar energy plants in every desert in the world!