Directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs

Abstract As we approach a “Full Earth” of over ten billion people within the next century, unprecedented demands will be placed on food, energy and water (FEW) supplies. The grand challenge before us is to sustainably meet humanity’s FEW needs using scarcer resources. To overcome this challenge, we...

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Autores principales:	Emre Gençer, Caleb Miskin, Xingshu Sun, M. Ryyan Khan, Peter Bermel, M. Ashraf Alam, Rakesh Agrawal
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1751d892d2d54c9e8c3d0cb7924ee55c2021-12-02T11:52:41ZDirecting solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs10.1038/s41598-017-03437-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/1751d892d2d54c9e8c3d0cb7924ee55c2017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03437-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract As we approach a “Full Earth” of over ten billion people within the next century, unprecedented demands will be placed on food, energy and water (FEW) supplies. The grand challenge before us is to sustainably meet humanity’s FEW needs using scarcer resources. To overcome this challenge, we propose the utilization of the entire solar spectrum by redirecting solar photons to maximize FEW production from a given land area. We present novel solar spectrum unbundling FEW systems (SUFEWS), which can meet FEW needs locally while reducing the overall environmental impact of meeting these needs. The ability to meet FEW needs locally is critical, as significant population growth is expected in less-developed areas of the world. The proposed system presents a solution to harness the same amount of solar products (crops, electricity, and purified water) that could otherwise require ~60% more land if SUFEWS were not used—a major step for Full Earth preparedness.Emre GençerCaleb MiskinXingshu SunM. Ryyan KhanPeter BermelM. Ashraf AlamRakesh AgrawalNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
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description	Abstract As we approach a “Full Earth” of over ten billion people within the next century, unprecedented demands will be placed on food, energy and water (FEW) supplies. The grand challenge before us is to sustainably meet humanity’s FEW needs using scarcer resources. To overcome this challenge, we propose the utilization of the entire solar spectrum by redirecting solar photons to maximize FEW production from a given land area. We present novel solar spectrum unbundling FEW systems (SUFEWS), which can meet FEW needs locally while reducing the overall environmental impact of meeting these needs. The ability to meet FEW needs locally is critical, as significant population growth is expected in less-developed areas of the world. The proposed system presents a solution to harness the same amount of solar products (crops, electricity, and purified water) that could otherwise require ~60% more land if SUFEWS were not used—a major step for Full Earth preparedness.
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author	Emre Gençer Caleb Miskin Xingshu Sun M. Ryyan Khan Peter Bermel M. Ashraf Alam Rakesh Agrawal
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title	Directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs
title_short	Directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs
title_full	Directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs
title_fullStr	Directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs
title_full_unstemmed	Directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs
title_sort	directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Directing solar photons to sustainably meet food, energy, and water needs

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