The three core components of the Sahara Forest Project are:
Saltwater-cooled greenhouses – greenhouses that uses saltwater to provide suitable growing conditions that enable year-round cultivation of high-value vegetable crops even in desert conditions. By using seawater to provide evaporative cooling and humidification, the crops’ water requirements are minimized and yields maximized with a minimal carbon footprint.
CSP for electricity and heat generation - using mirrors to concentrate the sun’s energy to produce heat that is used to make steam to drive a steam turbine, which in turn drives a generator to produce electricity.
Technologies for desert revegetation - a collection of practices and technologies for establishing outside vegetation in arid environments, such as evaporative hedges.