Think energy megaprojects are passé? Check out www.Saharawind.com, a private development group based in Morocco. They want to build 5 GW of wind in the Sahara Desert and ship the juice to Europe via monster undersea D.C. transmission lines. “In the run-up to the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa in September, it looks more and more like there will be problems with defining concrete further steps—and the European Union should have some concrete projects it can support. The Saharawind project represents a unique example of power integration opportunity between both continents.”
The full article can be accessed under:
http://www.saharawind.com/documents/electricitydaily.vol12Nr14-July22.2002.pdf
