Imagining Europe run by Sahara sun...
A new scientific report claims that every two weeks, the sun pours more energy onto the surface of Earth than we use from all sources in an entire year. It is an inexhaustible powerhouse that has remained largely untapped for human energy needs: but that may soon change in a big way.
Preliminary designs in a German report show electricity reaching Europe via 20 high-voltage direct-current power lines. Trans-Mediterranean links will cross from Morocco to Spain, from Algeria to France, from Tunisia to Italy; from Libya to Greece; and from Egypt to Turkey via Cyprus.