to day this week, to a foreign planet. in the 16th century, it meant being a captain and setting sail to discover a route, a race linked to military interests, a race linked to political and military, christie, but also linked to man financial trust. and adventure full of hardships, dangers, death. but jillions journey around the world starts january 19th. ah to do on ego india, we are staring at the sun and advances in harnessing it as

a reliable source of energy. solar power is clean, flexible, and for now, one of the most affordable renewables on the market. we unpack some of the pros and cons. hello and welcome to the program. i'm son thought i'd now averaging $300.00 days of sunshine a yard. india has huge solar energy potential. it's still relies heavily on coal for its electricity needs. compounding some of the world's worst air pollution, but with plans to get half its power supplies from general builds by 2030. india is going to have to operate solar game. a village in good art is leading the week as the countries forced to be followed by the sun 247 ah for years the smart boards of this school in good draught, when entered useless by an under libel power supply. but that changed when the

entire village of moore did up plugged into solar energy. now, not only does it school have round the clock, bower, the building generates its own electricity with an array of solar panels on the roof. as actually charged me, if i that a cough keep a little me you are, you don't, you could not really use our digital classrooms as much as they would have liked you for that. but since we got the solar panels in the school, we can use all the tools that use up electric city by without worrying about dialect to city bell elected the bill. we now use as much by as we need through the day. so yes, how many for digging will do a day that like that, get us a fine start? come right after him. famous for its 11th century sun temple. madeira was chosen as the location for a pioneering pilot project that seeks to answer a simple question. gansler bow meet the energy needs of an entire real community.

in february 2022, the government provided residents with 3 panels to install in their homes. $1300.00 household signed up and by october there will so ready. so to were those of the school and other government buildings to ensure a constant energy supply. the panels in the village are connected to a solar power plant that was built nearby. equipped with a further 22000 panels, yoga him or did i go? or ski drain, as we designed this plant, specifically keeping in mind the energy requirements are for their village. we set up a 6 meg, our plan 10 or 15 mingo at betty energies to the system. our key. we see how long this will feels the requirement of the entire village. hum, lily his enter this m look full pickup, they will score the battery storage system supplies. barlow and the sun is not shining during the night or the weeks of rain in the monsoon season. it ensures a smooth distribution of the power generated by the plant and mo, data as resident was on his leather,

not going up up our bank or my arm. every bar blank needs a control room that can monitor everything and identify any fords in real time to resolve them quickly. so this system is for this solar plant and that is clean at the back is showing all the data they up said the for example, how much energy is being generated by the sunset. edison is getting measured and can be seen here. we can even monitor the sample and how the energy is spec to the entire village from here. and we can also see how much energy is getting stored in the battery as you bet. and we can even monitor the surplus energy that gets transmitted to the mean grids in hell, what give me glass michelson. village households can generate around one kilowatt of power enough for most to cover their daily needs. if they have any energy left over, the government buys that surplus, putting money in residence buckets. this monetary incentive has served to been over more resident my under fidel was initially skeptical about the project,

but decided to get on board when he saw his neighbors. electricity bill dropped to 0. my and then i thought i as a little earlier, our boost would be around $2500.00 degrees every montera. but now we end up hardening money. if we use less electricity than our solar panels produce, how does alga, which every year all our savings, arthur did turn into our bank account, got a lot o gun get goldman some other to do the project funded by the government to the tune of 9000000 euros, as lighting up lives in madeira, a digital jemila dungee runs a small tailoring shop. the switch to sola has made a big difference to her business. i made my think was it the lady i saw that i used to operate the machine manually with my foot glasses now after i got sola, i got an electric more bell for the swing machine down. but earlier, i would only work in the day and meet duty blouses. how the solar power in the house i can work in the night to late and make more blouses recall so that i was

able to make about 50600 rupees a day. now i meet lord's word, at least 1500 rupees a day. this has helped me so much in running. my household expenses are gonna be medically got grainy at the adams goes out. i am adam, back at madera school. solar energy is no longer an abstract concept from science textbooks. the children are experiencing the benefits of clean, green energy planning on the sun 1st hand. oh, come and i go. other villas was already famous for this and damn, but it is now also indians forced release to have solar power. and that has made it more famous. i'm really proud to say that i live in would, you know, really do more damage in india is the woods 3rd largest carbon dioxide emitter and aims to meet half of its energy demands from renewable sources by 2030. it's an ambitious goal. madeira is a model that relies on government funding, but it's offering india a glimpse of the benefits that come with being energy self sufficient. as

global temperatures and energy force rise, the rest to transition to green energy as picked up is germany will lead many more solar energy plans to meet its climate targets. but where should i put them? it's a question that's creating conflict in rural communities. miss moore, east and german village of hawkins arden is located right next to a forest. it used to be part of a restricted military area that was cordoned off for decades where the wilderness could thrive undisturbed. but soon there might not be much left as there are plans to clear 370 hector's, a forest equal to more than 500 socket pitches to make way for a solar power plant. boy and said, i was horrified to here. we would have to choke down the woods to produce renewable

energy. there are rooftops and other surfaces available on conflictions and you don't sacrifice a forest to increase the energy supply. market conflict surrounding solar power plants. many of brewing in the east, in germany, state of brandenburg as many services here are seen as suitable for soda entity. will the country side around berlin soon look like this? many residents are protesting that for farmers like yoga and jesus solar energy can also be a blessing they can and 3 times as much leasing the land to power companies. men from agriculture i've, i'm good to move them out as a mobile has farmers. we have to pay for everything up front, fertilizer pesticide scenes, but we never know how the harvest will be. i do, it's a huge risk when the solar firms came to us and asked if we were interested. of

course i was because it offers security from my farm, 2 of whom are in between 100 hector's of land and the district of temper fed and north of berlin are being eyed for solar power. and some here also stand to lose these riding stables are right next to the proposed plant. this is what the neighboring would look like. less appealing to paying visitors. thank us. wanted us the right to i think people will reconsider coming here to ride . they might prefer to go where they can ride by the fields and through the wooden doors inviting. can. there is dialogue between opponents and supporters of the project in temper feita the investors change their plans following protests by citizens initiatives. beyond if we reduce the planning area by about 40 percent and we have very few lines of sight from residential areas. so i mean what,

where it would be seen. we plan to install hedges for her and we've gone far away from the village. and the residential areas are on fun. evelyn melbourne, quite different from what was 1st envisioned hawkins on north. ready what satan is that by 2045 germany hopes to get most of its energy from renewables to do this, solar and wind power systems must be expanded on a massive scale, but aren't the most suitable places for generating solar energy around the world. sunny places, not often north africa has that land enough land just if we covered 300 kilometers by 300 kilometers and with solar panels or the equivalent of about one percent of the sahara getting we could meet the entire planets energy needs. ready solar power plants already exist in the sahara, but they may need generate powerful countries in the region. nothing has come of the big plans to expose that solar power to europe due to a lack of electricity, lines, investment and political faith. and it's you,

i think if we consider these desert solar parks over 10 to 30 years, and we don't know what the political conditions will be in 10 years time is now, but we need multiple sources. thank you. and building solar parks here in eastern brandenburg is the way to go on. soil here is to sandy and try to grow much beyond we've used fertilizer and pesticides over we've done everything. we are cloud moves on seeds, then ended up with no harvest current, nonprofit model, with little the farmers next door have the same problem, the horse and best not only is there too little in, it's also of poor quality. both farmers are now benefiting from the energy companies, offered to lease a small portion of their land for a lot of money. they also sit in the local council that decides on this investment and the client. and of course it does look a bit bad in your mind. i am a local counselor and im also a former. you've been living with us. we will not vote on this. and we will also

not have any influence on the whole procedure that was in the, on the record, the other counselors will have to decide shying on. that's how democracy works. so function in that is the more catchy. but down at the riding stables, they see things differently, eulley on it all, it feels that local counsellors are not the right negotiating partners. i thought it was quick that such big project simply don't belong in the hands of local community representatives. like people who work as nurses and possibly can't read or understand the contracts. iraq, if i think of it, i live in the 1st, the state or federal governments should regulate these things differently. i'm not legal and which leads the question. who said, decide, and where should all the wind and solar power plants go that are so urgently needed for the switch to green energy. in the face of controversy at on solar fox on land, floating farms are viewed as

a potential solution installed on the surfaces of leaks read the was fornes or offshore beginning popularity in asia. europe's largest floating solar park recently opened in portugal. our reporter got to taught the facility to explore its advantages. here on portugal, elk river reservoir, europe's biggest floating solar park covers the equivalent of 6 football pitches. it can only be reached by a short boat trip, one on which miguel tatiana has been giving many interviews. it's taken 7 years with the energy company team to bring the 5 megawatt to photovoltaic array to completion. is working. and if for you the thought by everybody, what is the potential that we have here on our hands? is natalie selling energy? that is the my purpose. so our purpose in my theme is that 5th,

things that are sustainable are ever risen and used the least resources are the minimum resources is possible. the energy company is investing heavily in renewable energy. solar currently only makes up 6 percent of the countries energy mix bought an advantage of floating so the parks is bad that they occupy spaces that could not be used otherwise. and being on water energy production is more efficient than on land. as the panels don't heat up as much and are likely to last longer, the panels must be kept clean to produce as much energy as possible. that job requires a good sense of balance and patients. but eventually, robotic cleaners will take over the task. 1500 local households receive clean energy from the system that's been financed mainly by portugal. state energy

provider e. d. p. wrote off with their whole rock of surfaces that can be used. and her skilled p, yes is just as they are more bore her of course, respecting law, the environmental conditions that you have, it's scalable. it's complementary to the other sources is not an alternative. it's a complement period. so it's a solution to go farther. and 3 chris speeds of her changing and the colonizing the array connects to the grid by the hydro power plant in the dam. exit solar energy can be stored or used to pump water back into the reservoir to generate hydro electric power. the 12000 panels and 25000 float us on the al, give a reservoir, have been tested to withstand water, wind, and rough waves. the floaters are made in this factory in cash that year in spain's alec under region one carillo's at amanda is one of the engineers behind

the technology. they're made from recycle to poly thin plastic, and they're selling like hot cakes. and i'm with american them prefer yoga thing we're, we're just a little company, but we grew ever recent years ago, but now we're 20 people who work on the design, the commercial side and engineering. yeah. if anavia, you're locked on to other bro thank than it was the reps us blunt a little and on the production site, we're talking about 30 to 40 workers that weren't that are hot and must rebel doesn't in does not plan, but it's a real success story for at and under and immune groupons, who set up the company together in 2008. they're now adapting their floaters to other environments, such as sewage plants or agriculture waste facilities. the okay of a re covers less than one percent of europe's largest artificial lake. and 80 p is planning a much bigger floating array on the lake. as part of portugal push for 100 percent

renewable energy by 2030 this tower for vents mark in portugal. and the example to the world as well, with our 1st project in the hydro, them, and then placed a benchmark in all utilities in the world, especially in asia, asia. there was very keen on these projects because they have large them and the also are important sir. and energy problem to, to solve and they will ramp up exponential, especially with these type of projects. ah, so we can expect to see many more fish floating solar parks around the world in future to the southern indian state of thomas are now and a retired government worker who's on a mission to improve lives in rural areas. he's introduced farmers to sustainable measures that boost yields and devised a string of solar power devices specifically tailored to their needs.

ah. ready experiences are meant to be passed on and david raja beulah has had plenty he spent many years as the deputy director for the department of agriculture and i'm in idaho state meeting farmers who were unable to make ends meet. ready this region is one of the most economically deprived in the country. often farmers here are caught in as cycle of debt. was saying earlier, really, milliken, when i visited villages. yeah. vamos told me the b is to go to the paid their lawns for come. yeah. because their earnings weren't too low, they exclaimed in extreme cases only when they couldn't rebuild the alone, those they'd come. some even committed suicide in man that graham with la kilobit

belie uses his experience in the field to bring change. initially he found 2 big problems here, the reliance on pesticides and what his capacity both were putting farmers deeper into debt as they struggled to generate sufficient yields. farmers should not only by their finances, but they should also have a budget for water. starting with a water problem bu, last spoke to a farmer named santiago, who was in deep debt and willing to try out new ideas, the model, the version of what the goals us, all of our draw fighter to save water and money on electricity situation where the next rainy season is delayed by 3 months, almost need to preserve water and copy a 200 liter bank and hold the water. it can be mixed with corporate, the solar power despair, distribute the mixture on crops. this maybe can save the product for delivery and call you the carpet. and since the now had us panel, the dealt with the 2nd problem to fully invented the solar powered light

controlling festus. it was a solar and the light in the powers on automatically during the night. in the plate below, we keep some water mixed with chapel with this trap in tech, pretty good. light trapped on the feed act like a natural site that drops. but while capturing insects may be good to turn profits in the short term loss of biodiversity is bad for agriculture in the long term. so there was more to be done. and this time, the change they brought in together was the one with the most potential diversification, instead of growing crops that depend entirely on rain, like the lennox type red doll. they also started looking at meet the vegetables and nuts, as well as hurting animals for the same. the almost do not have to spend money investing in new products. they can use their existing cross animals, but they should look at the market to increase profitable crops. and keep the less

profitable cropped to a minimum feel minimum weights are going to be not started trying this out with central to i was i don't want to pay the ben hill was contributing moving on land, which does not have integration facility. if there is rain, he can get some profit. if not, then he loses everything the not. but he also had gas. you dream. and there were chickens on his farm. so we will out how he can increase the number of chickens to get supplementary income. when we calculated his profits at the end of the year, they exceeded 350000 rupees, or $4000.00 euro. what's the level order? let's put it to work with what he had dental began using the visa from the chicken as 40 laser for his casual trees and other crops and their productivity increased too soon. after farmers from nearly 10 villages nearby also started following the new process of the next half day by i'm planning is to practice

organic farming without using any chemical pesticides. chemicals that expensive and make choir much big. i want to empower farmers in the area to see if to are going to farming them on. i mean, i'm sending now speaks at community gatherings to tell his story and promote farming changes that bought, improve profit and help the environment with embodied at least luis palmer is passionate about solar energy and believes the world is dreaming, with good ideas to stop global warming to find them, the man who became the 1st person to suckle the globe in a solar powered vehicle is back on the road. taking his message across the earth, we caught up with him in boardman. louis time i want nothing less than to save the wealth with his 3 tons. so le vehicle. he's traveling the globe in it, collecting ideas to tackle the climate crisis,

unit volume dealer with reference. if we want to meet people who are doing something about climate change. so these are individuals and companies with innovative ideas. and we invite them to our video studio where we may clips for social media. we want to show, hey, the world is full of ideas. so when is it simply unbelievable if it's c, o 2 emissions are ruining our world because there are so many solutions for louis louis time as contribution is the so la butterfly, the self sufficient tiny house on wheels unfolds its solar panels like a butterfly spreads its wings, they power both the electric car that travels some 300 kilometers on one charge and the appliances inside its cabin. because even though the coffee machine and the 3 run, everything in here with electricity was not just the coffee maker, but i'll also the t v studio in both stove like microwave or shower, which. so the cameras and puter calmer off everything. we need all sorts of libra.

it's the well 1st vehicle built largely from plastic waste taken from the theme. and it's emissions free. there's a reason it looks like a butterfly. we haven't readily given that we chose the butterfly on purpose because it transforms itself as the game. it starts as a caterpillar hope devouring everything on the ground all and bowl. that's us. human beings, ange, height, we devour everything hall, oil and gas, and cough on the ground house or the resume and have to follow the caterpillars lead and it suddenly grows. wings takes off and then flies from flower to flower. again, i was always we to have to change our ways a move towards renewable energy. so we don't need coal natural gas and oil anymore . anthony brown palmer and his team hoped to cover more than 200000 kilometers within 4 years. that route lead through 90 countries on 6 continents, including a spin through india in 2023,

drawing attention everywhere they go to the benefits of solar power aligned is lara, and he call solar energy alone could save us from the worst of global warming to live out we can use it to heat houses, run cars, some if it produce electricity, and even produce hydrogen and power airplanes. for all the seen household rent quarters of a problem could be solved just with solar energy. it's a lot and you lose. on december 12th 2025, the solar butterflies well tour is due to end in paris in time for the 10th anniversary of the paris climate accord. imagine a world where every we consume energy is powered by renewable sources and not fossil fuels from foreign chargers to the cause. we drive around from kitchen appliances to the treadmills we used to keep quit. i looked at these episode showed you that this is possible and that we need to continue to move in that direction.

i'll leave you with that and see you again next week. good bye. and thanks for watching. ah . with

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