Transferring power from Africa to Europe via a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line could be a sustainable business model with added value for both regions.
The present shareholders of Dii are ACWA Power (Saudi Arabia), SGCC (China) and RWE (Germany).
The project in the western Red Sea port of Duba will include a 50-MW parabolic trough concentrated solar power (CSP) component.
Wind energy should reach 700 MW capacity this year, and next year the first concentrated solar power (CSP) plant rated at 160 MW should come on stream.
The TuNur project aims to bring two gigawatts of concentrated solar power to the UK from Tunisia if the company wins a contract for difference (CFD) from the British government.
The Dii (Desertec Industrial Initiative) has been dissolved in its current form, and will now only continue to exist as a consultancy firm.
At their meeting in Rome on October 13th, Dii´s shareholders decided to continue Dii in an adapted format.
The Al Abdaliyah Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Project will be a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, similar to this project built in the UAE by Masdar.
Production of concentrated solar power (CSP) is in particular a popular option and Morocco is receiving financial aid from the World Bank for these endeavours.
The TuNur concentrated solar power (CSP) project would export electricity to as many as 2.5 million homes.
KA-Care planned to tender a couple of plants — one concentrated solar power (CSP) plant and one PV plant — by the first half of 2013.
Integrated Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)plant will have a solar component of 60 MW.
Al Abdaliya CSP solar park is the Kuwait's first solar power project; and an assessment of the 50MW CSP and 10MW PV solar power mix which forms part of the key components of Kuwait's strategy.
