SOLAR POWER FROM SAHARAN SUN COULD PROVIDE EUROPE’S ELECTRICITY

How’s this for fascinating? An area the size of Wales in the vast expanse of the Saraha could one day generate enough solar energy to supply all Europe’s electricity, said Arnulf Jaeger-Walden of the European Commission’s Institute for Energy.  Scientists are calling for a huge series of solar farms to be built. Guardian 23.7.08