Solar Power

Solar Power is a form of energy harnessing the power of light from the sun to produce electricity.
== History ==
== 2000-2019 ==
Solar power was not economical and did not provide a significant percentage of world's electricity during this period. China dominated the solar industry through government subsidies which allowed Chinese solar companies to dumb cheap solar panels on western markets. American entrepeneur and innovator Elon Musk founded the company Solar City in an attempt to expand the American solar industry. 
== 2020-2040 ==
Technological breakthroughs in the 2020s led to creation of a new generation of nano-electronic components that greatly reduced the cost and increased the power and efficiency of solar panels. China, Korea and Taiwan developed and manufactured many of the components for solar panels.
Canada began developing technology to capture the sun's rays in orbit and beam then down to receiving stations on Earth via microwave in the 2020s. In the same period, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the European Union made the proliferation of solar power part of their plans to wean off dirty fossil fuels towards clean energy. China adopted similar plans to develop its solar power capacity as part it's own eventual transition towards a post-fossil fuel economy. China constructed solar farms throughout the Gobi Desert in the Mongolia Semi-Autonomous Region supplying its big cities with clean electricity via high voltage direction current (HVDC) cables that preserved power over long distances.
The UIR and the NAC both became significant players in the solar power generating business by the mid-2030s piping electricity to Europe via German designed HVDC cables stretching under the Mediterranean Sea from vast solar farms in the Arabian Peninsula and the Sahara Desert respectively. The UIR also provided a significant percentage of India's energy needs via the same method. The two caliphates positioned themselves to remain important energy providers in the eventual post fossil fuel era by tapping the enormous solar power potential of their respective deserts.
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