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Desertec Begins: 500 MW Moroccan Solar in 2012

“Deserts get more energy in six hours than the world’s population consumes in a year” – TREC I remember when Desertec was dismissed as a...

Could Israel Join With its Arab Neighbors in Medgrid?

Could sharing a transmision grid for renewable energy bring Arabs and Jews together? Invited to speak by the Israeli branch of CIGRE in Israel, Jean...

BrightSource Energy Makes Gigantic Bet on 750 MW Solar Project

BrightSource Energy is making a big bet on CSP while others switch to PV The third huge US solar project from BrightSource Energy is its...

Algeria to Invest $20 billion USD in renewable energy

Egypt now leads all the MENA nations in attractiveness for renewable energy investment through the EU's Clean Development Mechanism and Morocco - which already has...

Israel to Build $1.3 Billion Solar Project… for China??

A coal utility in Israel and the global leader in solar panel production form a joint project Everybody knows that China is the world leader...

Masdar Opens First Baseload Solar in Spain – Gemasolar

Now Masdar builds solar with a 75% capacity factor, almost as much as nuclear Masdar, the holistic and progressive renewable energy company from the UAE’s...

Airlight Energy Brings CSP to Morocco from Switzerland

The world's fifth largest cement producer, with an annual production capacity of approximately 75 million tons of cement, Italcementi Group is pioneering a concentrated solar...

Desertec Plans Get Boosts from MENA and EU Renewable Policies

For both the interim Mediterranean Solar Plan and Desertec, the creation of renewable policy and renewable job skills development in both the potential energy-supplying countries and...

Which Solar Technologies Will Have the Most Investment Appeal?

Government policies in the US and Spain jumpstarted CSP – what will happen now its over? In the last few years, according to Logan Goldie-Scot,...

Next for MENA Nations: Desertec University

University degrees in renewable energy are among the practical first steps towards realizing the visionary desertec program. A new university degree program is being funded...
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