The world's largest solar farm rises in a remote Egyptian desert

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Cool.

The world's largest solar farm rises in the remote Egyptian desert

The world’s largest solar park, the $2.8-billion Benban complex, is set to open next year 400 miles south of Cairo in Egypt’s Western Desert.


It will single-handedly put Egypt on the clean energy map.


That is no small feat for a country that’s been hobbled by its longtime addiction to cheap, state-subsidized fossil fuels and currently gets more than 90% of its electricity from oil and natural gas.

The government’s aim is that by 2025 Egypt will get 42% of its electricity from renewable sources.

 

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''employ 4000 workers''? sounds good...plus all the construction that went into it

 

[OldLady]

Cool.

The world's largest solar farm rises in the remote Egyptian desert

The world’s largest solar park, the $2.8-billion Benban complex, is set to open next year 400 miles south of Cairo in Egypt’s Western Desert.


It will single-handedly put Egypt on the clean energy map.


That is no small feat for a country that’s been hobbled by its longtime addiction to cheap, state-subsidized fossil fuels and currently gets more than 90% of its electricity from oil and natural gas.

The government’s aim is that by 2025 Egypt will get 42% of its electricity from renewable sources.

It's a great idea, since last I heard, power interruptions in Cairo are routine. Whatever the problem is, I hope they can fix it.

 

[Old Rocks]

Add a Tesla megabattery to that, and you have the beginning of a real grid for Egypt. And then they could start with a plan like that of the South Australian government, and create a virtual power station.

 

[OldLady]

Add a Tesla megabattery to that, and you have the beginning of a real grid for Egypt. And then they could start with a plan like that of the South Australian government, and create a virtual power station.

Maybe the US should build one.