Desert Power
Desetec Industrial Initiative There are currently 17 shareholders from eight countries
in the DII GmbH comprising: ABB, Abengoa Solar, Cevital, DESERTEC Foundation, Deutsche Bank, Enel Green Power, E.ON, HSH Nordbank, MAN Solar Millennium, Munich Re, M+W Group, NAREVA Holding, Red Eléctrica de España, RWE, Saint-Gobain Solar, SCHOTT Solar and Siemens. Support for the DII is growing in all areas of business life. In total, 15 companies are now Associated Partners of the DII, proof , they say, of industry’s willingness to drive the transition to renewable energies, set in motion its long- term development, and foster new business potential. At the end of 2012, the Desertec Industrial Initiative will create an implementation scenario for the period up to 2050. Another of the DII’s core objectives is to plan reference projects demonstrating the basic feasibility of the Desertec concept. Opening up the DII to Associated Partners extends the DII’s network of experts and gives it greater scope; for example to prepare the necessary studies and surveys. As Associated Partners of the DII, interested companies have access to the DII shareholders, are informed about the DII’s work and progress on its projects, and have opportunities to bring their expertise to bear in its various working groups.
Morocco – the only North African state with no oil of its own – wants to play a leading role in the DII plan to draw solar power from the Sahara and has invited bids for construction of its first solar power station as part of a US$9 bn solar energy project. The World Bank has also recently announced that it will contribute US$5.5 bn to the funding of the building of 11 CSP plants in 5 Arab countries: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan and Egypt. These units will be able to produce 1 GW of electricity which, according to the Bank, should lead to a three-fold increase of the world’s CSP production capacity. France has already formed a group of companies to lay an undersea power network that will bring electricity from North Africa to Europe. The network – Transgreen – will transport electricity from the DII solar power project.
Large-scale solar projects are now being considered across the globe
Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney expects that
solar thermal power will become cost competitive in the near future as rising costs for oil and gas make renewable sources increasingly attractive. A.T. Kearney believes that when looking at energy generation cost and job creation opportunities MENA countries should invest in a solar power energy industry.
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Size Counts In a major step forward for Australian research into solar
energy, CSIRO is building the largest solar-power tower of its type in the world at the National Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle. The site will consist of around 450 mirrors (heliostats) that
will direct solar heat onto a 30m-high tower to produce super- heated compressed air for a Brayton Cycle turbine. The field will cover an area of 4,000 square metres and once built will be capable of operating at temperatures above 900 degrees Celsius. The field will be fully operational by March 2011 and is being built adjacent to an existing solar tower field that creates SolarGas – using water and natural gas – at the National Solar Energy Centre site. “The new technology will pave the way for solar power of the
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