A 3000km cable for Solar power Africa to Europe

Post date: Aug 29, 2010 10:33:04 PM

The South Mediterranean: Europe’s Solar Future

Europe is decreasing its dependence on fossil fuels thanks to the abundance of the Mediterranean’s alternative fuel: sunlight.

3000 km Solar power cable

The German city of Aachen

will have to be linked to the Algerian city of Adrar

with a 3,000 km cable that will convey solar electricity. Christened “clean power from desert”,

Contract Germany

In early 2008, Algeria and Germany signed a cooperative agreement to develop solar energy and study the possibility of producing hydrogen using this energy as well as combustible batteries, Algerian firm, Sonatrach