Founded in 2016, GEIDCO is a international organization based in China to promote the establishment of a Global Energy Interconnection system, to meet the global demand for electricity in a clean way.

Founded in 2010 the Friends of the Supergrid is a group of companies and organizations with a mutual interest in promoting the policy agenda for a European Supergrid designed to facilitate large-scale sustainable power transmission.

Launched in 2010 MEDGRID is an industrial initiative registered as a private venture under French law aimed at assessing the transfer of renewable electricity across the Mediterranean Sea on a larger scale.

Founded in 2009 as German GmbH (limited liability company) the 'Desertec Industrial Initiative' is a private venture of Major Multinational Companies aimed at creating the 'conditions' for the large-scale Solar Energy generation in the EU-MENA.

Founded in 2009 and supported by studies commissioned by Germany's Ministry for the Environment (BMU) and Aerospace Center (DLR) in the field of solar thermal technologies, the DESERTEC foundation aims at advising private companies and governments.

Launched in July 2008 under the “Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)” the Mediterranean Solar Plan is one of the strategic processes for sustainable development to face the increase of energy demand in the Euro-mediterranean region.

The SuperSmart Grid (SSG) is a hypothetical wide area electricity network connecting Europe with northern Africa, the Middle East, Turkey and the IPS/UPS system of CIS countries

Co-founded by Sahara Wind Inc. in 2003, the TREC-Network is a not for profit initiative in the field of renewable forms of energy aimed at fostering Partnerships for Development, Climate Stabilisation and Good Neighbourhood.