About this episode

This episode explores the potential of large-scale solar energy, focusing on the Al Kharsaah Solar Plant in Qatar and innovations in the solar industry.

We started our series on solar energy at a small scale. This time, we are going big -- the Al Kharsaah Solar Plant in Qatar is one of the largest solar farms in the world. In this episode, we're going to take a closer look at solar at scale—exploring the limits to scaling up this seemingly unlimited energy source, and the innovations underway today that could define what the solar industry looks like in the future, both in solar photovoltaics like in Qatar, as well as concentrating solar thermal. People: Puskar Thapaliya Places: Al Kharsaah Solar Plant, Qatar; Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, California Technology/Concepts: Concentrated Solar Power, Project Hail Mary Closing the Gap is hosted by Gwen Holdmann and edited by Jennifer Pemberton. This episode was produced by Liz Smith and Tony Williams. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions.

People in this episode

Host: Gwen Holdmann

Topics covered

• solar energy
• concentrated solar power
• solar farms
• energy innovation
• scaling solar

Keywords

• solar energy
• Al Kharsaah Solar Plant
• concentrated solar power
• solar photovoltaics
• energy innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Project Hail Mary

Places: Al Kharsaah Solar Plant, Qatar, Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, California

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