Sarkozy's scheme two years behind Jock's!
23.07.08
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Would someone give me a job developing ideas for the future. Here's another one I prepared earlier:
| Saharan sun could power European supergrid | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Vast farms of solar panels in the Sahara desert could provide clean electricity for the whole of Europe, according to EU scientists working on a plan to pool the region's renewable energy. |
It seems that the transmission loss problem is a little less daunting using High Voltage Direct Current - I work out that southern Morocco to London would involve about a 7% transmission loss in a more or less straight line over land. Sounds like it has potential to me.
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