DII - Desertec Industrial Initiative fast Solar from Morocco to Europe 2012
Post date: Oct 28, 2011 7:38:34 PM
Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII)
Desertec with main backer Munich Re
builds first prototype Solar Electricity from the desert at Morocco Site
says Ernst Rauch project leader Desertec Munich RE
Size 12 square km
15% of European electricity come from Desertech Africa in 2050
Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt ( Algeria )
Main actors:
Siemens, Eon, Deutsche Bank, Enel
that would link the eastern Arab states, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia with Egypt, down through the Sudan into Ethiopia, and along the top of the Desertec region linking the western outposts of the Arab World
source: greenprophet.com/2011
photo credit :Desertec Siemens morocco
The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII)
has signed a cooperation agreement with the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen) to help enable exports of Morocco’s vast renewable energy reserves to Europe. The Desertec initiative is designed to develop North Africa’s latent renewable energy potentialin part to secure Europe’s cleaner energy future.