TheDutchconsortium behind the LakeTurkanaWindPower (LTWP) project has leased 66, 000 hectaresofland on the easternedgeof the world's largestpermanentdesertlake.
The problem with this technology is that it sprays water blindly, even across areas too wet to plant, such as grass waterways, seasonal wetlands, permanent ponds, a lake on the edge of a field.
"We all admire the beaver for the way it can turn a linear river into a lake with a dam, but the termites turning the desert into a pattern of oases that allow permanent life even in drought periods for hundreds of years - that's much more fascinating, " he told BBC News.