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    Sahara Forest project; Solar Microclimates in the Desert

    September 5, 2008Staff No Comments »

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    Solar week continues with this great project out of the UK which has the potential to actually reverse the devastation caused by current greenhouse technology which is depleting water tables around the globe.

    The Sahara Forest project
    would marry huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), which
    uses mirrors to focus the sun’s rays and generate heat and electricity.
    The installations would turn deserts into lush patches of vegetation,
    according to its designers, and without the need to dig wells for fresh
    water, which has depleted acquifers in many parts of the world.

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