Good News Stories » Africa http://goodnewsstories.org Good News Stories from around the World Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Europe to be powered by the Sahara? http://goodnewsstories.org/europe-to-be-powered-by-the-sahara/ http://goodnewsstories.org/europe-to-be-powered-by-the-sahara/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:40:54 +0000 admin http://goodnewsstories.org/?p=68 BERLIN, (Reuters) – A 400-billion euro ($554 billion) project linking solar power produced in the Sahara to energy users in Europe and North Africa is a ‘win-win’ for both continents and could also promote integration around the Mediterranean, a German minister said.

Guenter Gloser, deputy foreign minister, told Reuters 20 gigawatts of concentrated solar power (CSP)—the equivalent of 20 large conventional power plants—could be harvested each year by 2020 if the project called Desertec got off the ground.

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