North African Solar project Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:13:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Loss of Backing Threatens Future of Africa-to-Europe Solar Supergrid https://www.greenoptimistic.com/loss-of-backing-threatens-future-of-africa-to-europe-solar-supergrid-20121121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/loss-of-backing-threatens-future-of-africa-to-europe-solar-supergrid-20121121/#respond Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:13:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28555 Proponents of solar energy have long dreamed of an intercontinental supergrid that would transport solar power from sun-drenched North Africa to Europe. The Desertec Foundation has been working diligently to foster support for the supergrid, but the ambitious organization may have run into serious obstacles. Estimated costs for this project top out at 400 billion […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/loss-of-backing-threatens-future-of-africa-to-europe-solar-supergrid-20121121/feed/ 0 28555 EU Plans to Import Solar and Wind Generated Electricity from North Africa https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eu-plans-import-solar-wind-generated-electricity-north-africa-20100623/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eu-plans-import-solar-wind-generated-electricity-north-africa-20100623/#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:34:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8144 In order to reach the 2020 target of having at least 20% of energy produced from renewable sources, The European Union will invest in solar and wind energy in North Africa. The resulted clean power will be imported in the EU via a new electricity interconnector design. Electricity will be carried via these cables running under the Mediterranean Sea directly to Europe.

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