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Yacouba Sawadogo : The men who stopped the DESERT
link http://permaculture.tv/the-man-who-stopped-the-desert/ Yacouba Sawadogo began experimenting with techniques for rehabilitating damaged soil in about 1980. He relies on simple approaches traditional to the region: cordons pierreux and zaï holes. Both...
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Présentation générale du plan solaire méditerranéen
Présentation générale du plan solaire méditerranéen L’Union pour la Méditerranée (UPM), lancée le 13 juillet 2008 par le président de la République et qui regroupe 43 Etats, a pour objectif de promouvoir une nouvelle politique de coopération et de développement...
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Arguments, limites ou critiques du projet
Les auteurs du projet le présentent comme une solution gagnants-gagnants pour les pays du nord et du sud concernés, leur permettant à la fois de se développer et de diminuer leurs contributions aux émissions aux émissions de CO2 (mais en émettant de grandes...
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World Bank to Fund Massive Grid Expansion To Link Desertec Region and the Arab World
link http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/01/world-bank-to-fund-massive-grid-expansion-to-link-desertec-region-and-the-arab-world A gigantic electricity network would link electric grids throughout the Middle East and extend them much further in a massive...
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Conference Solar Maghreb in ALGERIA : Algiers the 11-12 May 2010 Title : Developing large scale North African solar markets The conference will be simultaneously translated in English and French
link http://www2.greenpowerconferences.co.uk/v8-12/Prospectus/Index.php?sEventCode=SP1005DZ#Speak Introduction: This event will bring together key players from the region – with particular focus on Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania...
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Contenu et principe du projet DESERTEC
Le projet repose sur le fait que un vingtième de la surface du Sahara couverte de capteurs solaires suffirait à approvisionner la planète en électricité (la consommation mondiale est d’environ 18 000 TWh/an). Il vise à connecter plusieurs grandes centrales...
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Free online training on Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Technology
link https://www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/register.asp?m=211&c=120 Free online training on Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Technology provided by Leonardo Energy and University of Seville. 03 March 2010 - General Principles of CSTP technology 16...
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How do you support the green energy concept / vision DESERTEC ?
You will find below the Poll I have made by questioning people interested in DESERTEC concept. This work campain started in February 2010, and ended in October 2010. You can connect to the poll here : link The questions were : Vote Author Dr HADROUG Nasser...
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Desertec Dreams : Can Saharan Solar Power Save Europe?
link http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,664842,00.html Some say it's a foolish fantasy, others believe it has the potential to save the world from the effects of climate change. The German-led Desertec initiative to build a massive solar...
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The World from Berlin 'The European Answer to the Failed Climate Summit in Copenhagen'
link http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,670429,00.html An international power grid for green energy planned in Northern Europe could usher in a new era in both carbon-free power and cross-border competition among the continent's energy...
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Centrotherm to build Africa's largest PV factory in Algeria
link http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/solar/article254100.ece Centrotherm to build Africa's largest PV factory in Algeria Germany’s Centrotherm has confirmed an order to build Africa’s largest PV factory for Algeria’s state-run energy utility Sonelgaz....
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DESERTEC ALGERIA : conference by Mr. Boukhalfa Yaïci - General Manager, Cevital Energies Renouvelables
link http://www.medemip.eu/Calc/FM/MED-EMIP/OtherDownloads/Docs_related_to_renewable_energies/AfDB_Workshop_Oct_2009/DESERTEC_Industrial_Initiative_a_win-win_partnership.pdf Mr. Boukhalfa Yaïci - General Manager, Cevital Energies Renouvelables – Desertec...
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History: Solar Timeline
Solar Timeline Solar technology isn't new. It probably started some time in the 7th Century B.C., when people learned how to use glass and sunlight to light a fire. But today's sophisticated solar technologies include everything from solar-powered lights...
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Technologie
Pour la production : La technologie envisagée est celle des centrales solaires thermodynamiques à concentrateurs, c'est à dire utilisant des miroirs paraboliques pour produire de la vapeur d’eau à très haute température et sous forte pression, qui fait...
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Wind Energy Development : EU Guidance in accordance with the EU nature legislation
link http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/management/docs/Wind_farms.pdf EU Guidance on wind energy development in accordance with the EU nature legislation This document is designed principally for use by competent authorities and developers,...
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Etapes du projet DESERTEC
DESERTEC vise à la fois à répondre en grande partie aux besoins des pays producteurs d'Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient, et à fournir 15% (dans un premier temps) de l'électricité nécessaire à l'Europe. Un bureau d'étude dédié devrait être opérationnel...
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Nur Energie Joins Desertec Industrial Initiative as partner.
link http://www.nurenergie.com/index.php/news/37/66/Nur-Energie-joins-the-Desertec-Industrial-Initiative LONDON, April 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - Partnership Underscores Nur Energie's Development Expertise and Mission Nur Energie, a solar project developer...
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Bilfinger Berger has joined the Desertec industrial initiative (Dii) as an Associated Partner
link http://www.bilfingerberger.de/C125710E004ABFC5/CurrentBaseLink/W284GCT3108DEBBEN April 13, 2010 Bilfinger Berger joins Desertec initiative Bilfinger Berger has joined the Desertec industrial initiative (Dii) as an Associated Partner. The construction...
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Desertec Industrial Initiative appoints Prof. Klaus Töpfler as its strategic advisor.
Press release. Information from DESERTEC Foundation. Munich – Prof. Klaus Töpfer will advise the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) on strategic issues. His activities will focus on political and social questions, with a view to realising the Desertec...
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Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Market could reach 24 GW by 2020
Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Market could reach 24 GW by 2020 26 October 2009 According to a new market report by CSP Today and Altran, CSP growth in the next ten years will be concentrated in two key markets: Spain and USA. The USA is currently the...
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Conditions de réussite du projet DESERTEC
Outre les accords géopolitiques nécessaires, les partenaires du projet doivent : trouver des sites qui ne soient pas des dunes et qui soient assez proches de la mer et/ou de noeuds ou futurs noeuds du réseau électrique ; produire un réseau électriquesûr...
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The project TRANSGREEN (part of Mediterranean Solar Plan)
TRANSGREEN : a planned network of power lines under the Mediterranean This project aims to deliver, to Europe, solar energy which should be produced in the Sahara the next few decades. Scientists are already working on Transgreen, which has been discussed...
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Siemens building HVDC transmission system with record capacity of 2,000 MW
link http://www.favstocks.com/siemens-building-hvdc-transmission-system-with-record-capacity-of-2000-mw/2951365/ Siemens is building power converter stations for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system with a record capacity of 2 x 1,000...
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CASHFLOW MANAGEMENT : THE BASICS
CASHFLOW MANAGEMENT : THE BASICS . INTRODUCTION Cash is the oxygen that enables a business to survive and prosper and is the primary indicator of business health. While a business can survive for a short time without sales or profits, without cash it...
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The role of DESERTEC in the Algerian renewable energy policy
link http://www.latribune-online.com/economie/30196.html During a radio-interview, the Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil presented the central aims of Algerians energy policy in the upcoming years. Among other things he talked about the DESERTEC-project...