« Funding fiasco made UK science look incompetent says panel | News Picks home | The search for the theory of everything »

Is desert solar power the solution to Europe's energy crisis?

Das Spiegel: A tiny fraction of the sun's energy that shines upon the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East could meet all of Europe's electricity demands. The technology to harness the energy already exists. So why is hardly anyone investing in it?

Posted by Physics Today on May 1, 2008 10:56 AM |

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

Before submitting your comment, please enter the security code displayed below; this prevents spambots from hijacking The News Picks blog. (If you submit a comment without entering the security code, you will see a "Comment Submission Error" message; please use your back button to go back, enter the code, and re-submit your comment).

Request product info

COMPANY SPOTLIGHT