Sahara desert project aims to power half the world by 2050

Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 07:00 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint project by universities in Algeria and Japan is planning to turn the Sahara desert, the largest desert in the world, into a breeding ground for solar power plants that could supply half the world’s electrical energy requirements by 2050.

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