How Electricity, Water And Food Could Be...

How Electricity, Water And Food Could Be Produced In Desert Areas With Minimal Ecological Footprint

JEFF SPROSS - Think Progress Climate

The first pilot plant in a program of installations that can sustainably produce crops, electricity, biofuels, and even plants for re-vegetation efforts in a desert environment is now up and running in the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar.

The Sahara Forest Project, which brings outfits from both Qatar and Norway together, uses desert air, sunlight, and saltwater as inputs for a system that aims to be environmentally sustainable, beneficial for local human development, and financially viable over the long term. As the projectâ€™s CEO, Joakim Hauge, puts it: 'The Sahara Forest Project is all about taking what we have enough of, like saltwater, CO2, sunlight, and deserts, to produce what we need more of: sustainably produced food, water, and energy.â€ The hope is that the pilot project can be scaled up to installations in drier and desert climates around the world.

Essentially, the plant takes multiple sustainable technologies ...

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Yoshi k. Feb 4, 2013, 1:26pm UTC

An excellent project for those with the resources and knowledge to pursue these types of endeavours.

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Graham L. Feb 4, 2013, 1:36pm UTC

I think this is the same as the one in Australia that I wrote about a few weeks ago if I am right they are both owned by the same company. Its a good step forward in producing food for an ever expanding world population.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981776957

And I have just taken a look at the article and it seems it is owned by the same company called Sundrop Farms.

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How Electricity, Water And Food Could Be Produced In Desert Areas With Minimal Ecological Footprint

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