First steps to bring Saharan solar to Europe

Twelve companies signed on the 13 July 2009 a Memorandum of Understanding in Munich to establish a DESERTEC Industrial Initiative (DII). The objective of this initiative is to analyse and develop the technical, economic, political, social and ecological framework for carbon-free power generation in the deserts of North Africa. The DESERTEC concept, developed by the TREC Initiative of the Club of Rome, describes the perspectives of a sustainable power supply for all regions of the world with access to the energy potential of deserts.

Website: Desertec Foundation http://www.desertec.org/en/

Wikipedia: Desertec http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec

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