Solar Thermal Seeks Take-Off Momentum in North Africa

摘要

Gas supplies may be running tight in North Africa, but there's no shortage of ambitious solar power schemes for the region (WGI Jul.21,p4). The biggest is the nascent ?400 billion ($530 billion) Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII), which aims by 2050 to supply 15% of Europe's electricity ?plus substantial local demand ?primarily from concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) units but also from more traditional photovoltaic solar power and wind farms, stretched across North Africa's deserts (WGI Jul.1'09,p7).