How much energy can you generate if you install Solar Panels in the Sahara Desert?
Short answer, The amount the whole world needs for a Year.
Article by Skylight Solar solutions | Solar Panel Installations and products | Trivandrum, Kerala.
Sahara Desert is known to be the largest and the hottest desert which is nearly the size of china . With the desert lying in the equatorial region with no clouds hovering over it gets uninterrupted direct sunlight, which makes it an ideal location for creating solar farms. Most of the desert has more than 3,600 hours of bright sunshine per year!
The Potential solar energy that can be generated from Sahara.
So answering the big question of “how much solar energy can be generated from the Sahara desert”, Lets take a small estimate.
○The small square marked land is enough to power up the country of Germany
○The middle one can power up the whole Europeian continent
○And the bigger square is enough to produce enough energy for the world yet, a small portion of the desert.
A usual solar panel has the capacity to generate 350 watts. installing solar panels over the marked area which is twice the size of the whole state of kerala can generate an amount of 22,100 TWh. which is needed to power up the world’s electricity needs for a whole year.
The challenges faced
Even though the idea sounds effective it come with a cost. the less population in the saharan desert is a boon and a bane.Installing the solar panels can provide jobs for the inhabitants. The bad part is the poor infrastructure of roads to transport and install the materials. The costs of setting up such a project is estimated to be around 12 billion dollars which is a large amount.
But a strategic plan backed up by this amount of investment can save tonnes of money in the long run for energy harvesting and also have a good impact on the environment. It can reduce a lot of pollution which comes as a byproduct of energy generation which is very very harmful.
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