The Sahara Solar PV breeder project created in Japan

Post date: Dec 3, 2010 4:04:01 PM

Clean energy future

100 GW SOLAR SAHARA

Super Apollo Project

Chuby University Japan

Sumitomo Electric

o Silicon for solar cells manufactured from Sahara desert Sand

o Solar PV power plants ( Algeria )

o Supergrid Superconducting DC power cables, luiquid nitrogen cooled

o Goal Solar breeder 100 GW Solar Sahara power in 2050

o Power output 50 times that of Aswan High Dam

o Training of African scientists and engineers tech transfer from Japan

o SPECIAL: SELF-REPRODUCING

The University of Tokyo, Hirosaki University, NIMS, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Chubu University, National Institute of Informatics

Sahara Solar Breeder Project

Hideomi Koinuma

Guest professor The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Research partner: Universite des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran (USTO) Algerie

5years research period

project title: Sahara Solar Energy Research center (SSERC)

R&D spending

100 million Yen / year over 5y period

1 million US$/ year total $5m