Comments on: Holy Desertec: $555B Solar Saharan Project Finds a Dozen Backers http://gigaom.com/cleantech/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/ Sun, 27 May 2012 11:39:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: First Solar Jumps Aboard Desertec Jumbo Green Energy Project « Attorney Don Hecker Release http://gigaom.com/cleantech/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-24741 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:08:02 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-24741 [...] Founded in 2009 by a dozen companies, including Germany’s Siemens, Deutsche Bank, insurer Munich Re and utilities RWE and EON, Desertec is estimated to cost a staggering $555 billion. Some of the first major hurdles for implementing the project include developing the business plan (a process expected to take three years), securing financing and permitting. [...]

]]> By: First Solar Jumps Aboard Desertec Jumbo Green Energy Project http://gigaom.com/cleantech/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-24740 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:01:50 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-24740 [...] Founded in 2009 by a dozen companies, including Germany’s Siemens, Deutsche Bank, insurer Munich Re and utilities RWE and EON, Desertec is estimated to cost a staggering $555 billion. Some of the first major hurdles for implementing the project include developing the business plan (a process expected to take three years), securing financing and permitting. [...]

]]> By: Intersolar Wrap Up: Grid Parity, U.S. Boom, Startups Surge Ahead http://gigaom.com/cleantech/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-24739 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:01:36 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-24739 [...] Holy Desertec: $555B Solar Saharan Project Finds a Dozen Backers [...]

]]> By: Desertec, un rêve européen, encore en gestation | GreenUnivers http://gigaom.com/cleantech/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-24738 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:08:16 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-24738 [...] veulent visiblement rallier tous les soutiens ailleurs en Europe. Quand aux Américains, ils restent pour l’instant perplexe devant l’immensité du projet. AKPC_IDS += "9478,";Aucun tag pour cet article. Articles [...]

]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/cleantech/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-24737 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:05:10 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-24737 @MichaelRS, ha, wow what an oversight

]]> By: MichaelRS http://gigaom.com/cleantech/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-24736 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:22:34 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-24736 The underlying project idea is at least 30 years old. One key challenge is the same that even the ever-smart T. Boone Pickens had to realize: lack of powerlines where and when you need them.
The original concept way back when was to use electricity locally in the Sahara to locally produce hydrogen out of water and transport the hydrogen. Siemens happens to have all that technology. But then, someone realized there is no water in the desert (sic!).

]]> By: Eideard http://gigaom.com/cleantech/holy-desertec-555b-solar-saharan-project-finds-a-dozen-backers/#comment-24735 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:19:44 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36621#comment-24735 Yup. Lots of extra-US money ready to invest in future profit and sustainability.

We’ll be lucky if we can get necessary transmission lines in place within 5-10 years for the small potatoes already lined up in the GOUSA.

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