Water problem in Sahelian ...
Published by Ahilan Raman, Clean Energy and water Technologies - Director
Water problem in Sahelian zone of Africa
The long term solution will be to desalinate seawater and pump it throughout the region.It requires energy .Both energy and water can be simultaneously generated using Solar thermal using parabolic mirrors.If more energy is needed then energy storage using molten salt can be incorporated.This is the only long term sustainable solution without any fuel.But it should be implemented by Government on a much larger scale because small capacity plants will not be viable.One can generate power using solar thermal and use part f that power to desalnate seawater using SWRO (sea water reverse osmosis) or using steam from solar thermal power plant y condensing and blending with ground water. In either way the problem of water and energy can be solved simultaneously.
Ahilan Raman