• Reading Levels 3 - 5
Science | Geography

Should we put solar in the Sahara?

Stretching over roughly nine million square kilometres and with sands reaching temperatures of up to 80° Celsius, the Sahara Desert receives about 22 million terawatt hours of energy from the Sun every year. Could covering the desert with solar panels solve our energy problems? Te-Ed digs into the possibility.

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