Solar power plants planned for Sahara
Solar power plants planned for Sahara - Berlin, July 12, 2009
Today, around a dozen companies launched the Desertec Industrial Initiative. It’s backers claim that within a decade, the initiative could provide Europeans with electricity generated by renewable energy projects in the Sahara. The project will cost €400bn and may one day provide 15 per cent of Europe’s electricity needs.
- The Financial Times Limited