Title:
Giant desert solar farms might have unintended climate consequences
Authors:
Zhengyao Lu
Researcher in Physical Geography, Lund University
&
Benjamin Smith
Director of Research Hawkesbusy Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Published:
GreenBiz, 25 March 2021
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/giant-desert-solar-farms-might-have-unintended-climate-consequences
From the article:
Researchers imagine it might be possible to transform the world’s largest desert, the Sahara, into a giant solar farm, capable of meeting four times the world’s current energy demand. Blueprints have been drawn up for projects in Tunisia and Morocco that would supply electricity for millions of households in Europe.