How Solar Power in Africa and Undersea Power Cables can Power the World - Germany produces 50% Electricity by Solar

I’m a really big supporter of Solar Power as the ultimate source of Power for small Island Nations like Jamaica.

Especially as Solar Power, a form of Alternative Energy, can be expanded to Power the entire island alongside our proposes 381 MW LNG Power Plant as suggested in my blog article entitled “Dr. Vincent Lawrence to oversee the 381 MW LNG Project - All Powerful Essene Brotherhood to Resurrect PNP General Election 2016 Win like Osiris”.

But can Renewable Energy by itself, provide Electricity an entire country as I’ve argued?

Granted, it’s possible as June on El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands off the Atlantic coast of Africa at a mere 278 square kilometers (107 square miles), runs purely on Wind and Sea Turbine Power as explained in my blog article entitled “June on El Hierro, Canary Island's smallest Island to become the first Territory to go 100 percent Renewable - Canary Island makes many wonder if the same isn't possible in the Caribbean”.

Ok. So can Renewable Energy by itself, provide Electricity something bigger than June on El Hierro? Apparently that’s possible, or at least very close to being possible, as Germany, a far larger country, has recently set a Solar Power Record that’s effectively admissible in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Germany produces 50% Electricity by Solar – High Noon on the Rhine

Solar Panels at private Residences provided 50.6% of their country's Electricity needs at midday on Monday June 9^th 2014 as reported in “Germany Now Produces Half Of Its Energy Using Solar”, published June 24, 2014 by Stephen Luntz, I Fucking Love Science. This represents some 23.1GW of Electricity being produces by Solar Panels in that hour period.

I've actually heard this story about Germany breaking this threshold before. Just at the time, I thought it was a hoax, as it’s not quite so easy to read the dials of the Solar Power installations in Private Residences. Also you cannot assume that because less Power is being demanded at hours of the day usually associated with Peak Power, it would mean that the rest is being provided by Solar or other Renewable Resources. It has to be directly measured and compared algorithmically.

Truth be told, Power Generators produce and charge for Power based on the time of day, when demand is expected to peak or drop, which usually coincides with Peak and Off-Peak Calling in the Telecommunications world. Also, some means would have to be found to measure the actual Power being produced by Solar Panels vs being produced by Power Plants at specific times of the day, possibly by measuring actual Power being produced.

Most likely in Germany, most people who have Solar Panels also have Digital Meters that can be remotely read by the Power Companies, with whom they may have a Net Metering or Net billing arrangement similar to as described in my blog article entitled “JPS Co New Digital Meters are all Smart Meters - Winsome Callum's A Simple Twist of Fate”.

In the Telecommunications World, peak is from 7:00 am to 6:59 pm the following day Monday to Friday and off peak being 7:00 pm to 6:59 am the following day, Monday to Friday. The weekends is regarded as starting on Friday at 7:00 pm and ending on the following Monday at 6:59 am. This coincides quite well with Power, as when people are at home making calls, they also happen to use Electricity at that time as well.

Working with this assumption, Midday in German seems about right, given its higher altitude above the Tropic of Cancer at 22 Degrees Latitude. At that point in the day, you'd have maximum sunshine, and most Solar Panels would be producing Electricity at peak efficiency. Also, 23.1GW was the highest among of Electricity produced, as three (3) days earlier on Friday June 6^th 2014, between 1 pm and 2 pm, the Power had peaked to approximately to about 24.2GW.

However, despite the decline in Power produced by Solar Panels on Monday June 9^th 2014, due to the fact that that day was a holiday in Germany, it mean that less Power was being demanded from the Power Stations overall. That means that the majority of Electricity actually generated was coming from Solar Panels installed in the homes of citizens, which at that point was tipping 50%.

Solar Power to the World – Back to Africa and Undersea Power Cables

Ok so that was Germany at 50%. What about the rest of the World? So can Renewable Energy by itself, provide Electricity for the entire World?

According to Diploma Thesis of Miss Nadine May of the TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG, Faculty for Physics and Geological Sciences entitled “Eco-balance of a Solar Electricity Transmission from North Africa to Europe” it’s very possible, assuming that the Earth’s Global Electricity Consumption of 20,279,640 GWh back in 2009 is the same as in 2014.

At least, based on the map in the article “How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity?”, published June 24, 2014 by Lisa Winter, I Fucking Love Science as shown below.

Surprisingly, it’s quite small compared to the entire Sahara Desert. Now all we need is some money to build those Solar Panels and the Network of Undersea Power Cables needed to connect Global Power Exchanges to supply power to every country. It’s not unimaginable, as much in the same way your already have Undersea Telecoms Cables as stated Kelroy’s article on Undersea Copper and fiber Optic Cables  entitled “Undersea Cables keep the Caribbean connected to the World Wide Web”, you can also have undersea Power Cables.

Miss Nadine May Diploma Thesis suggests that it may be possible. It’s just a matter of finances, Common Interest and the political will to in some cases, sacrifice political sovereignty in order to undertake what may be the greatest Power Project in Earth’s History. As after all, if Renewable Energy can power June on El Hierro, a mere 278 square kilometres (107 square miles) and provide 50% of Germany’s power, why not the entire World?