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Under the Sun exactly, on this special energy day on RFI! We will wonder about solar energy, so abundant on Earth, especially in the South. What solar energy for Africa? And why does it block again and again? Viewpoints on the most formidable source of energy in the world, that of our sun…
SPECIAL ENERGY DAY ON RFI
Let’s ask ourselves about the most formidable source of energy there is: that of our Sun, superabundant, inexhaustible renewable… Solar energy seems to tick all the boxes of the essential energy transition. Its immense potential meets the needs of the 8 billion Earthlings that we are and who live under the sun, particularly in the South, in the tropics on the African continent, areas most affected by climate change and for whom solar power could be the solution. So why hasn’t solar energy taken over the world yet? Why so many missed opportunities since the 19th century and up to our 21st century when photovoltaics is developing but as if on the margins… Why so many research projects and even solar power plants shut down? Why so much nervousness? Who’s afraid of solar?
With
– Daniel Lincot, CNRS researcher, chemist, solar energy specialist
– Aruna Dargaresearcher in electrical and electronic engineering, he is the co-founder in Burkina Faso of Dargatechin the field of photovoltaic solar
– Frederic Cailleresearcher in the History and Environmental Anthropology of Solar Energy and 19th-21st Century Energy Alternatives.