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by BurningFrog 1521 days ago
> The Morocco-UK Power Project will be powered by a wind and solar farm, approximately 1,500km² in size

I'm intrigued by how 1,500km² of partial shade will transform the Sahara ecosystem.

I hope it will make more life possible in the shade.

2 comments

Large wind turbines are spread out so will probably occupy much more land but not cast shadow.
Yeah, I was thinking of the solar cells.
The Sahara is 9.2 million km². So probably not much change for the ecosystem.