Desertec
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Desertec is the name of a proposed large scale solar power project. Under the proposal, solar thermal energy collectors (not solar cells) would be located in the deserts of North Africa, and would provide Europe with one sixth of its electricity. It could take 30 years to build, and cost more than £200 billion.[1]
Early in the 2000s, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) commissioned and funded the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute for Technical Thermodynamics (see technology, thermodynamics) for three studies[2][3][4] to evaluate the following:
- the anticipated water and power needs through 2050 in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa;
- the potential for renewable energy in the Middle East and North Africa;
- the potential for an electric power transmission grid connecting the three regions.
Two studies, one on concentrated solar power (CSP) for the Mediterranean Basin,[2] the other on trans-Mediterranean interconnection and infrastructure,[3] have been completed.[5][6] As of mid-2007, the third study of CSP for the desalination of seawater is in progress.[4]
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- ^ Robin McKie (2007-12-02). How Africa's desert sun can bring Europe power. The Observer. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ a b "MED-CSP: Concentrating Solar Power for the Mediterranean Region." German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute for Technical Thermodynamics (ITT), funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU).
- ^ a b "TRANS-CSP: Trans-Mediterranean interconnection for Concentrating Solar Power." DLR ITT, funded by BMU.
- ^ a b "AQUA-CSP: Concentrating Solar Power for Seawater Desalination." DLR ITT, funded by BMU.
- ^ Gerhard Knies and Franz Trieb (2006). Sun cheaper than Oil. franzalt.com Sun Page.
- ^ Sigmar Gabriel, BMU minister (19 April 2007). Innovative Policy and financing instruments for a sustainable energy policy in the European neighbourhood policy (html). eu2007.de, the website of Germany's January-June 2007 European Presidency.
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