Sunday, June 28, 2009

Solar Sahara: Massive Solar Proposal Could Power Europe.

There is a serious proposal to build a massive-scale solar power farm in the Sahara. How big? Imagine a plant that covers an area the size of Massachusetts. (Phot0: Eco13.net)

Examiner.com reports:

"The project being proposed by Desertec would not all be situated in one location, but scattered throughout politically stable countries. Promoters of the project claim that it could satisfy as much as 15 percent of the European Union’s power needs. This project is the brain child of multinational partnership organizations in the likes of TREC-( Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation), Eumena(European Union),The Club of Rome, and The Mediterranean and North Africa ." See full article

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