[amor de cosmos]

Desertec’s First Solar Power Plant to Begin Construction in Morocco Next Year
by Lori Zimmer, 11/02/11

The Desertec Initiative announced two years ago its intentions to harness the power of the sun in the Sahara Desert. Now, the project is moving forward, with plans for the first construction to break ground in 2012. The 500-megawatt concentrated solar power plant (CSP) will cost a cool $2.8 billion and harness the power of the sun from the desert of Morocco. Desertec is a projected half-trillion dollar solar project that will occupy parts of the Sahara, the Middle East, and Europe. The potential for the project is great — if completed, it could provide power for 15-20 percent of Europe’s electricity from solar energy by 2050, as well as power to the Middle East and Northern Africa.

http://inhabitat.com/desertecs-first...cco-next-year/