Comments on: Holy Desertec: $555B Solar Saharan Project Finds a Dozen Backers http://earth2tech.com/2009/07/13/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/ Helping the Earth with Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Intersolar Wrap Up: Grid Parity, U.S. Boom, Startups Surge Ahead http://earth2tech.com/2009/07/13/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-35005 Intersolar Wrap Up: Grid Parity, U.S. Boom, Startups Surge Ahead Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:01:36 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-35005 <p>[...] Holy Desertec: $555B Solar Saharan Project Finds a Dozen Backers [...]</p> [...] Holy Desertec: $555B Solar Saharan Project Finds a Dozen Backers [...]

]]> By: Desertec, un rêve européen, encore en gestation | GreenUnivers http://earth2tech.com/2009/07/13/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-34691 Desertec, un rêve européen, encore en gestation | GreenUnivers Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:08:16 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-34691 <p>[...] veulent visiblement rallier tous les soutiens ailleurs en Europe. Quand aux Américains, ils restent pour l’instant perplexe devant l’immensité du projet. AKPC_IDS += "9478,";Aucun tag pour cet article. Articles [...]</p> [...] veulent visiblement rallier tous les soutiens ailleurs en Europe. Quand aux Américains, ils restent pour l’instant perplexe devant l’immensité du projet. AKPC_IDS += "9478,";Aucun tag pour cet article. Articles [...]

]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://earth2tech.com/2009/07/13/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-34654 Katie Fehrenbacher Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:05:10 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-34654 <p>@MichaelRS, ha, wow what an oversight</p> @MichaelRS, ha, wow what an oversight

]]> By: MichaelRS http://earth2tech.com/2009/07/13/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-34640 MichaelRS Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:22:34 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-34640 <p>The underlying project idea is at least 30 years old. One key challenge is the same that even the ever-smart T. Boone Pickens had to realize: lack of powerlines where and when you need them. The original concept way back when was to use electricity locally in the Sahara to locally produce hydrogen out of water and transport the hydrogen. Siemens happens to have all that technology. But then, someone realized there is no water in the desert (sic!).</p> The underlying project idea is at least 30 years old. One key challenge is the same that even the ever-smart T. Boone Pickens had to realize: lack of powerlines where and when you need them.
The original concept way back when was to use electricity locally in the Sahara to locally produce hydrogen out of water and transport the hydrogen. Siemens happens to have all that technology. But then, someone realized there is no water in the desert (sic!).

]]> By: Eideard http://earth2tech.com/2009/07/13/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-34639 Eideard Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:19:44 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-34639 <p>Yup. Lots of extra-US money ready to invest in future profit and sustainability.</p> <p>We'll be lucky if we can get necessary transmission lines in place within 5-10 years for the small potatoes already lined up in the GOUSA.</p> Yup. Lots of extra-US money ready to invest in future profit and sustainability.

We’ll be lucky if we can get necessary transmission lines in place within 5-10 years for the small potatoes already lined up in the GOUSA.

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