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The article talks about total capacity of plants being 580MW. If that would make Morocco a solar superpower, I am sure India and many other countries already ha

The article talks about total capacity of plants being 580MW. If that would make Morocco a solar superpower, I am sure India and many other countries already have solar capacity more than that.

negamax 11y ago
India is at 4GW as of today. This is probably good enough for lots of industrial needs but India's energy requirements are increasing rapidly with urbanisation
- tajen 11y ago
  The total for India is 280GW, 28% of which is renewable, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India .
  - negamax 11y ago
    TIL and that's great. I was referring to solar only.
sslnx 11y ago
While India has to sacrifice arable land that can be used in a lot of different ways to build a solar plant, Morocco has only gains from such projects.
- jerven 11y ago
  India also has some desert area. e.g. thar desert on the border with Pakistan. This could be used to power e.g. New Delhi
- skbohra123 11y ago
  India also have a large desert area in the state of Rajasthan and most of the the solar projects have been installed in that area only.
  - FlyingSnake 11y ago
    ...which is the largest state in India and is mostly arid/desert.
- ganwar 11y ago
  This is factually incorrect. The reason that solar power projects have been executed without any major controversy (otherwise all so visible in India in relation to any big project) has mainly been possible because India has a huge chunk of arid/non-arable land in the West and center of India. All of the major solar project so far and all of the planned one's have come up in these areas.
  - oska 11y ago
    India has also been experimenting [1] with putting solar panels over the (extensive system of) canals in the state of Gujarat. The panels provide the added benefit of reducing the rate of evaporation from the open canals. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Solar_Power_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Solar_Power_Project
- oh_sigh 11y ago
  Building solar in the Thar desert doesn't need to sacrifice arable land.
tajen 11y ago
One nuclear core has a power of 700-1500MW (1GW per core in average in US). A nuclear plant may contain several cores. I don't see why I'm getting downvoted, I'm providing figures for comparison.

The article talks about total capacity of plants being 580MW. If that would make Morocco a solar superpower, I am sure India and many other countries already have solar capacity more than that.

negamax 11y ago

India is at 4GW as of today. This is probably good enough for lots of industrial needs but India's energy requirements are increasing rapidly with urbanisation

tajen 11y ago
The total for India is 280GW, 28% of which is renewable, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India .
- negamax 11y ago
  TIL and that's great. I was referring to solar only.

sslnx 11y ago

While India has to sacrifice arable land that can be used in a lot of different ways to build a solar plant, Morocco has only gains from such projects.

jerven 11y ago
India also has some desert area. e.g. thar desert on the border with Pakistan. This could be used to power e.g. New Delhi
skbohra123 11y ago
India also have a large desert area in the state of Rajasthan and most of the the solar projects have been installed in that area only.
- FlyingSnake 11y ago
  ...which is the largest state in India and is mostly arid/desert.
ganwar 11y ago
This is factually incorrect. The reason that solar power projects have been executed without any major controversy (otherwise all so visible in India in relation to any big project) has mainly been possible because India has a huge chunk of arid/non-arable land in the West and center of India. All of the major solar project so far and all of the planned one's have come up in these areas.
- oska 11y ago
  India has also been experimenting [1] with putting solar panels over the (extensive system of) canals in the state of Gujarat. The panels provide the added benefit of reducing the rate of evaporation from the open canals. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Solar_Power_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Solar_Power_Project
oh_sigh 11y ago
Building solar in the Thar desert doesn't need to sacrifice arable land.

tajen 11y ago

One nuclear core has a power of 700-1500MW (1GW per core in average in US). A nuclear plant may contain several cores. I don't see why I'm getting downvoted, I'm providing figures for comparison.