African solar farms to solve energy crisis?

It appears the UK government is not the only one busy commissioning reports on combating climate change, the German government has now got in on the act with two major new study’s on the viability of a leftfield plan that could deliver clean energy to the whole of Europe within the next forty years.

The two reports from the German Aerospace Centre

Satellite-based studies cited in the report show that deploying relatively simple concentrated solar power (CSP) systems over just 0.3 percent of the deserts in the Middle East and North Africa would provide enough power to meet current and future demands from the EU, the Middle East and North Africa.

The reports also argue that the technologies to achieve this are already well established and proven. CSP plants work by using mirrors to heat water, thus generating steam capable of powering turbines and generating electricity.

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