Vast Wind And Solar Farms Would Bring More Rain to Africa

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By Roni Dengler
Sep 6, 2018 6:18 PMMay 21, 2019 5:49 PM
wind energy turbines generate power in africa could increase rainfall
Adding wind and solar energy farms in Africa - and elsewhere - could bring increased rainfall, according to a new study. (Credit: Nebojsa Markovic/shutterstock)

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Scientists want to power the world with solar and wind energy, a feat they say is possible with large-scale wind and solar farms. Now, an international team of researchers says that building such an energy factory in the Sahara desert would come with a surprising boon: more rainfall.

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