Africa's Hope is On Solar Energy- The Clean Answer To Pressing Electrical Issues
The Foundation For The Development of Africa
Unlike fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil), SOLAR ENERGY is renewable, is clean and is inexhaustible.
Solar power in Africa has the potential to provide all of the world's energy, by using only a small portion of the Sahara Desert (for example: the "Desertec project" in North Africa is a proposal to provide 15% of Europe's energy from the desert).
Many African countries receive on average 325 days per year of bright sunlight. This gives solar power the potential to bring energy to virtually any location in Africa without the need for expensive large scale grid level infrastructural developments.
See the Map: the distribution of solar resources across the whole African continent is fairly uniform, with more than 80 percent of the continent's landscape receiving almost 2000 kW•h per square meter per year.
Africa needs ambitious financing for renewable energy projects of all sizes in order to stimulate investment, maintain rapid economic growth and provide universal energy access around the continent. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Africa could achieve widespread prosperity by concentrating on renewable energy projects for rapid expansion of electrical services.
Unlike fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil), SOLAR ENERGY is renewable, is clean and is inexhaustible.Solar power in Africa has the potential to provide all of the world's energy, by using only a small portion of the Sahara Desert (for example: the "Desertec project" in North Africa is a proposal to provide 15% of Europe's energy from the desert).
Many African countries receive on average 325 days per year of bright sunlight. This gives solar power the potential to bring energy to virtually any location in Africa without the need for expensive large scale grid level infrastructural developments.
See the Map: the distribution of solar resources across the whole African continent is fairly uniform, with more than 80 percent of the continent's landscape receiving almost 2000 kW•h per square meter per year.
Africa needs ambitious financing for renewable energy projects of all sizes in order to stimulate investment, maintain rapid economic growth and provide universal energy access around the continent. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Africa could achieve widespread prosperity by concentrating on renewable energy projects for rapid expansion of electrical services.
