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Sustainable development by Sahara solar breeder plan: energy from the desert of Algeria, a green energy dream grows in the Sahara

A. BOUDGHENE STAMBOULI1,* , H. KOINUMA2, S. FLAZI1, Z. KHIAT1, Y. KITAMURA3

Affiliation

  1. University of Science and Technology of Oran, Algeria, BP 1505, EL M’Naouer, Oran (31000). Algeria.
  2. Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo
  3. Institute for Arab Economies Research, Japan

Abstract

In this contribution, a particular attention is being given to the joint event that bring together the relevant parties, the University of Sciences and Technology of Oran (USTO), Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JSTA), University of Saida and the URER/MS Renewable Energy Centre of Adrar to develop a long-term vision and strategy to boost the ideas for the realization and the development of the Sahara Solar Breeder (SSB) project. This event and project will tackle the key challenges and issues related to the field of photovoltaics putting forward the USTO perspective and promoting its R/D activities by a collaborative research plan between Japan and Algeria. This event also seeks to identify the most important challenges facing both the research and economic sectors and put forward new strategies that will identify the required skills to transform the research prospects of USTO based on the analysis and prospect of elementary processes and system design. In order to speed up the electric superhighway, the generated electricity from SSB, made up of a network of Very Large Scale-PV Power Systems in the Sahara desert, will have to be transferred to the North Africa, then Europe, Africa, and ultimately the rest of the world, via High critical Temperature Superconducting Cables (HTcSC) that can provide, in compact dimension, firm capacity for base load, intermediate and peaking power, effectively complementing conventional electricity sources. Because HTcSC is compact and can transmit a large amount of electric power (up to 10 times as much power as conventional electric power transmission cable), it can utilize more effectively congested underground space where a lot of piping and other units already exist..

Keywords

Sahara, Silica sand, Photovoltaic energy, Environment, HTcSC.

Submitted at: Dec. 18, 2012
Accepted at: April 11, 2013

Citation

A. BOUDGHENE STAMBOULI, H. KOINUMA, S. FLAZI, Z. KHIAT, Y. KITAMURA, Sustainable development by Sahara solar breeder plan: energy from the desert of Algeria, a green energy dream grows in the Sahara, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 15, Iss. 3-4, pp. 361-367 (2013)