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Sea water to green deserts

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Submitted by rashmi on Thu, 2008-09-11 17:01

Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers.
Demonstration projects

The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun

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Environment
Renewable Energy
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Environment
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Hindu (New Delhi)
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Publication Date: 
11/09/2008