West African legislators worried by climate change and soaring energy costs want regional leaders to back plans to harness sun and wind energy that experts say could bring electricity to some of the poorest people on earth.
NASA scientists have identified a site in the Sahara desert in northern Niger as the sunniest piece of land in the world.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/sahara-solar-scheme-could-power-poor-west-africa
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wind-energy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-energy
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ghana
