Africa's desert can bring Europe power


	Africa's desert can bring Europe power

rj3sp

12-3-2007 6:09 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3f8b6ebb-265c-415f-a189-e747585b1159/C14EFBD4-DA6D-4271-8ED6-17649AD3D91F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.desertec.org/" href="http://www.desertec.org/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.desertec.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desertec.org/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.desertec.org/img/95CBCD8D-F262-4AEB-BB4D-CC3C1CA432B4" alt="Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC) Homepage" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desertec.org/"><TR><TD valign="top" align="left" class="Stil1" colspan="2"></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" align="left" class="Stil1"><DIV align="justify">The <STRONG>T</STRONG>rans-Mediterranean <STRONG>R</STRONG>enewable <STRONG>E</STRONG>nergy <STRONG>C</STRONG>ooperation   (<STRONG>TREC</STRONG>) is an initiative that campaigns for the   transmission of clean power from deserts to Europe.</DIV></TD></TR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desertec.org/"><DIV align="center"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG width="300" height="236" border="0" alt="Euro-Supergrid with a EU-MENA-Connection: Sketch of possible infrastructure for a sustainable supply of power to EUrope, the Middle East and North Africa (EU-MENA)." src="http://www.desertec.org/homeplan.jpg" /></A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desertec.org/"><DIV align="center" class="Stil2">
		               <STRONG>Euro-Supergrid with a  EU-MENA-Connection:</STRONG>
Sketch of possible infrastructure for a   sustainable 
		               supply 
		               of 
power 
		               to <STRONG>EU</STRONG>rope, the <STRONG>M</STRONG>iddle <STRONG>E</STRONG>ast and <STRONG>N</STRONG>orth <STRONG>A</STRONG>frica (<STRONG>EU-MENA</STRONG>).
                  </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desertec.org/"><DIV align="justify"><STRONG>The <A class="Stil11" href="http://www.desertec.org/concept.html">DESERTEC Concept</A></STRONG> of TREC is to boost the generation of  electricity and desalinated water by solar thermal power plants and wind turbines in the <STRONG>M</STRONG>iddle <STRONG>E</STRONG>ast and <STRONG>N</STRONG>orth <STRONG>A</STRONG>frica (<STRONG>MENA</STRONG>)<STRONG> </STRONG>and to   transmit the clean electrical power via <STRONG>H</STRONG>igh <STRONG>V</STRONG>oltage <STRONG>D</STRONG>irect <STRONG>C</STRONG>urrent   (<STRONG>HVDC</STRONG>) transmission lines throughout those areas and    as from 2020 (with overall just 10-15% transmission losses) to Europe.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C14EFBD4-DA6D-4271-8ED6-17649AD3D91F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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