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to build silicon manufacturing plants, and solar power plants, in a way that their products are used in a "breeding" manner to build more and more such plants.Darren Quick
"Sahara Solar Breeder Project aims to provide 50 percent of the world’s electricity by 2050"
''Gizmag'', 24 November 2010. Retrieved: 25 November 2010. The project's declared goal is to provide 50% of the world’s electricity by 2050, using

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to deliver the power to distant locations. The project was first proposed by Hideomi Koinuma from the

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, at the 2009

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Academies' Meeting in

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''ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI'', Retrieved: 25 November 2010.

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Sahara Solar Breeder Foundation official website
Proposed energy projects Electric power infrastructure Proposed electric power infrastructure in Africa Electric power infrastructure in Algeria Proposed infrastructure Renewable energy in Africa Solar power in Algeria {{renewable-energy-stub

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