If Egypt built solar power plants in an area equivalent to Lake Nasser, which powers the 2.1 GW Aswan hydro plant, it could generate the equivalent power as the total oil exports from all the Middle East oil production- about 9 billion barrels per year. This can be done with desert area around 6,000 square kilometers – or less than 1% of Egypt’s land mass.
From Tony Seba’s class at Stanford: “Clean Energy – Market and Invesment Opportunities”
http://www.tonyseba.com/blog
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