When we think about it practically many more problems crop up. First and foremost is the geopolitics. If solar panels are installed in the countries in the Sahara desert, other countries will need to be dependent on it. These countries will gain immense power no other country will want that. And anyhow, history is full of wars fought for energy like oil. Similar to how oil is produced only in a few countries, if the same happens with solar energy as well, the same problems will be created again.
Then the second problem will be distributing the energy. Suppose we built huge solar power plants in the Sahara desert, or in multiple places across the world, taking the electricity to every part of the world would need a lot of money, electricity, and it will create a lot of wastage too. That’s right, when electricity is transmitted from one place to another, there are some unavoidable losses in the transmission.
The third problem will be maintenance. Who will maintain these solar panels? They require regular cleaning. Especially if they are installed in a desert with frequent sand storms, when the sand accumulates on the solar panels, they do not work as well. You’ll wonder how the Bhadla solar power plant deals with this problem. There more than 2,000 cleaning robots have been set up there. We have a solution, but this needs to be worked on some more.
