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Extensive portions of desert could become producible following an ambitious initiative belonging to a team of architects and engineers from Dubai. According to the plan, several greenhouses and solar panels could be spread on huge portions of sand. This technology is sustainable and healthy for the environment.

Sahara Forest project consists in the arrangement of solar panels that will capture sunlight for electricity, while the excess heat that it produce will be used to the sea water evaporation and turning it in drinking water.

Project developers argue that can come with a solution to the world water crisis, which is threatened by the population growth and global warming. In Tenerife, Oman and United Arab Emirates(UAE) there already demonstration greenhouses that producing tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers and have attracted the attention of other countries.

The technology provided by Seawater Greenhouse along with solar panels are completing each other. The solar panels warm the water used in greenhouses, of which a part is used to clean the mirrors so these to generate constant electricity.

The Sahara Forest project team estimated that the arrangement of 20 hectares of land with greenhouses would cost approximately 65 million pounds.