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.
Having recently seen first-hand how the Sahara surrounds Cairo but currently seems to hinder rather than aid human progress, Halcyon imagines how, one day, the economy of countries such as Egypt might be massively boosted by revenues generated from selling energy to its currently much richer Europe neighbours.
