Louis Boisgibault - Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas, and Deserts

3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1. Map of the Pays de Fayence (source: community of communes of the Pay...Figure 3.2. Map of the community of communes of the Pays de Fayence. This map sh...Figure 3.3. Photo of the town of Callian, in the Pays de Fayence. This photo sho...Figure 3.4a. Remains of the Malpasset damFigure 3.4b. Remains of the Malpasset damFigure 3.5. Photo of the Callian solar photovoltaic power plant. This photo show...Figure 3.6. Plan of the Callian photovoltaic power plant, showing the architectu...Figure 3.7. Map of the Var with its very high voltage line. This map shows the o...Figure 3.8. Very high voltage lines crossing the Pays de Fayence. This photo sho...Figure 3.9. Map of Senegal with BokholFigure 3.10. Map of BokholFigure 3.11. Plan of the Bokhol photovoltaic power plant. This photo shows the p...Figure 3.12a. Photographs of the Bokhol photovoltaic plant (source: Greenwish Gr...Figure 3.12b. Photographs of the Bokhol photovoltaic plant (source: Greenwish Gr...

4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1. Map of the roads of Morocco with an insert on Ouarzazate. This map s...Figure 4.2. Cadastral map of the Ouarzazate solar complex. This map was given by...Figure 4.3. Comparison of NOOR’s surface area with that of Paris, FranceFigure 4.4. Sign announcing the NOOR construction site in 2011. This photo was t...Figure 4.5. Parabolic trough mirrors used for NOOR I and NOOR II. This photo ill...Figure 4.6. Rows of parabolic trough mirrors, NOOR I and NOOR II (source: MASEN ...Figure 4.7. Photo of the construction work on NOOR II. This photo shows the impo...Figure 4.8. Photo of the solar tower and NOOR III flat mirrors (heliostats). Thi...Figure 4.9. Overview of NOOR I. This photo illustrates the end of the NOOR I pro...Figure 4.10. Overview of NOOR I. This photo illustrates the immensity of the pro...Figure 4.11. Photo of the power block of NOOR – Ouarzazate. This photo shows the...Figure 4.12. Map of northwestern Saudi Arabia. Map made by the co-author to show...Figure 4.13. Photo of the Arabian desert. This photo shows that the earthworks a...Figure 4.14. Map of the 35 Saudi sites pre-selected for renewable energy (source...

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Series Editor

Alain Dollet

Louis Boisgibault

Fahad Al Kabbani

First published 2020 in Great Britain and the United States by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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“Think global, act local” for an ecological transition in the service of man and therefore of the planet, such was the major challenge of the 20th Century which, to paraphrase André Malraux, French novelist and Minister of Cultural Affairs, was “to be of ecology or not to be”.

The global dimension is widely recognized in practice. After the warning issued by the Club of Rome in 1960, the Stockholm Conference in 1972 inaugurated the various earth summits, which have been held every 10 years since then (Nairobi in 1982, Rio in 1992, Johannesburg in 2002, Rio in 2012). Since 1995, the “Conferences of the Parties” have brought together diplomats and experts on climate change every year. Thus, COP21 in Paris in 2015 reached an agreement to fight global warming.

The many international meetings over more than half a century have enabled experts from all over the world to reflect and propose further growth that is more respectful of the environment and the dignity of human beings, but also, through a wealth of literature, for academics from all continents to exchange, discuss and debate on sustainable development.