EU Premiers Back Massive Sahara Solar Project for Europe-wide Power
July 24, 2008The Guardian, UK
In the May issue of Solar Citizen we reported an article appearing in Germany’s Spiegel magazine that described an EU plan to build massive solar installations in the Sahara desert; these solar farms would be linked to a smart grid in Europe via high-voltage DC cables, to provide all of Europe’s electricity needs.
In a follow-up story in the UK’s guardian.co.uk, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicholas Sarkozy have thrown their official weight behind the plan.
Read the guardian.co.uk story here.
