Solar power from Sahara a step closer
The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) aims to provide 15% of Europe's electricity by 2050 or earlier via power lines stretching across the desert and Mediterranean sea. The German-led consortium was brought together by Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, and consists of some of country's...
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- News Source: BBC | about 1 month agoThe Desertec Industrial Initiative aims to supply Europe with 15% of its energy needs by 2050. Companies who signed up to the $400bn (£240bn) venture include Deutsche Bank, Siemens and the energy provider E.On. The consortium, which will be based in...
- News Source: Guardian Unlimited | about 1 month agoThe Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) aims to provide 15% of Europe's electricity by 2050 or earlier via power lines stretching across the desert and Mediterranean sea. The German-led consortium was brought together by Munich Re, the world's...
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- Blog Source: www.rss4gadgets.co.ukA $400bn (£240bn) plan to provide Europe with solar power from the Sahara moved a step closer to reality today with the formation of a consortium of 12 companies to carry out the work. The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) aims to ...
- Blog Source: www.samacharexpress.comThe German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015A $400bn (£240bn) plan to provide Europe with solar power from the Sahara moved a step closer to reality today with the formation of a consortium ...
- Blog Source: tlog.halvorsen.orgSolar power from Sahara a step closer | Business | guardian.co.uk. The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015 … The Desertec Industrial Initiative aims to provide 15% of Europe's ...
- Blog Source: twitturly.comThe German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015.
- Blog Source: xenophilius.wordpress.comIf a consortium of German companies has its way, construction of the biggest solar project ever devised could soon begin in the Sahara desert. When completed, it would harvest energy from the sun shining over Africa and transform it ... have
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