Incredible Sahara Forest Project to generate fresh water, solar power and crops in African desert

Incredible Sahara Forest Project to generate fresh water, solar power and crops in African desert

“Can you imagine being able to produce enough water in the Sahara to grow crops there? Can you imagine harnessing sufficient quantities of solar power to supply electricity to cities in Africa and cities in Europe? Can you imagine producing a sustainable bio-fuel that doesn’t impact on world food supplies? Charlie Paton, Michael Pawlyn and Bill Watts can and what’s more they can imagine all these happening in the same place at the same time.

This week this trio of visionaries launched the Sahara Forest Project: their proposal to combine two innovative technologies, Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Seawater Greenhouses, to produce renewable energy, water and food in an area of desert known to be one of the hottest places on earth…”

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http://www.impactlab.net/2018/03/30/incredible-sahara-forest-project-to-generate-fresh-water-solar-power-and-crops-in-african-desert/

http://www.impactlab.net/2018/03/30/incredible-sahara-forest-project-to-generate-fresh-water-solar-power-and-crops-in-african-desert/