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Solar farm in the Sahara desert could power Europe with a hydrogen pipeline.
by nix23 6y ago
Solar farm in the Sahara desert could power Europe with a hydrogen pipeline.
- morsch 6y agoOr, you know, just build more solar and wind in Europe. Plenty of low hanging fruits, no need for intercontinental mega projects.
- nix23 6y ago>Plenty of low hanging fruits, no need for intercontinental mega projects. As if that's something bad, maybe Solar in the Sahara, Wind/Water and thermo in europe?
- dx034 6y agoWouldn't a HVDC cable be much more efficient? The distance isn't that big, definitely shorter than Australia to Singapore.
- nix23 6y agoMaybe, but storing hydrogen is much easier so you can produce the power for night-life Europe, over the day Europe can produce its own solar/wind/water/thermal generated power.
- Welmerts 6y agoI'd rather not the take political risks that come with that. Most of Europe and the countries Sahara is part of don't exactly have shared values.
- nix23 6y ago>Most of Europe and the countries Sahara is part of don't exactly have shared values. They have at least one, it's called money. If you work with someone on a win-win situation the political risk goes usually down, you know the whole less poverty, more education.