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We Don't Need No Stinking Giant Mirrors
We Don't Need No Stinking Giant Mirrors
Supporters hailed the Desertec Industrial Initiative as the most ambitious solar energy project ever when it was founded in 2009. Major industrial backers pledged active involvement, politicians saw a win-win proposition and environmentalists fawned over Europe's green energy future. For a projected budget of €400 billion ($560 billion), the venture was to pipe clean solar power from the Sahara Desert through a Mediterranean super-grid to energy-hungry European countries. Today, a scant three years later, there is still little to show for the project but the ambition.
The Desertec Solar Energy Project Has Run into Trouble - SPIEGEL ONLINE
The Desertec Solar Energy Project Has Run into Trouble - SPIEGEL ONLINE