Solar Energy I

For most any large scale region, there is considerable variation in annual incident sunshine so strategic investment becomes paramount:

Australia solar resource:

They are not really yet taking advantage of this on a national scale and there are similar political problems as in the US:

And they still want to build this 200 MW Tower (1 KM High)

  • Spain takes leadership in Solar Thermal Electric

    Really?

    • Other promising regions:

    Turkey

    North Africa

    The Desertec Plan (800M Euros)

    Production plus Transmission

    100 GW of Exportable solar power by 2050

    But by then the world, at current growth rate, will need about 10,000 GW