Summary of Can Wind And Solar Fuel Africa's Future?

Africa could become the global leader for green energy. Experts predict that the continent’s population will quadruple by 2100, and people will need energy. To meet the growing power need, some African countries are eyeing renewable resources like wind and solar. For example, take Morocco: The country recently opened a Sahara Desert facility equipped with 500,000 parabolic mirrors to capture solar energy and by 2020 wants to generate “42% of its electricity from renewable sources.” Commitments by Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa to cultivate green energy sources have experts wondering if Africa will skip the “environmentally destructive practices” that preceded cleaner energy in other nations.