the eu has NO mandate to exist

it has deliberately avoided seeking the consent of the people

the politicians do NOT represent the will of the people

that is why new labour are being destroyed in the UK

the eu has NO AUTHORITY to pass laws that must be revognised and obeyed in the UK

the eu is UMDEMOCRATIC and an enemy of the people

SMASH the eu, it is the evil empire

it seem like everybody speaks english the usa in a few years will be under the europeon unions control

Yup, building those solar plants would be expensive. No private company would take that kind of a chance or would have the capital needed. As always this monumental project needs to be funded by lets say... EU!

I recall that modern solar panels are able to collect only 8% of solar radiation fallen on them. A lot of research is needed here...

Scientists are particularly excited about getting energy from the Sahara, as the panels are expected to generate nearly three times as much energy as those in Europe thanks to the intense, more direct sunlight.
The plan follows current trends, though. Algeria, which is located in Northern Africa and contains part of the Sahara, is already planning to export 6 GW of power to Europe by 2020. To reach the final goal of complete power independence, scientists and politicians are proposing a more modest stepping stone goal. They want by 2050 100 GW worth of power to be generated from solar projects in the Sahara. The project would cost a lofty €450bn (approximately $700B USD), but would be staggered over many years and would yield power capacity equivalent to all electrical power currently generated in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Jaeger-Waldau proposed blanketing the Sahara Desert, an expanding uninhabited swath of wasteland, with solar panels. He says that if just 0.3% of the intense solar energy falling on the Sahara was captured, it could power all of Europe. Such a feat would require a solar platform far beyond current installations, approximately the size of Wales. Still, when viewed against the backdrop of the vast, mostly uninhabited Sahara the large chunk of land looks no bigger than a postage stamp.

A broad variety of solar technologies were discussed as possibilities for the deployment. They included parabolic dish collectors, a growing solar field, which focuses light via mirrors on water, boiling it. Also discussed were the more traditional silicon based solar power plants consisting of arrays of photo-voltaic panels.

Here's the solution to the energy crisis:

EU Officials: Just 0.3% Of Sahara's Sun Energy Could Power Entire EU

The largest fully industrialized populus in the world could be entirely powered by a small fraction of solar desert energy, according to new plan

The U.S. has some big plans for solar, both with building new power plants and through businesses and consumers adding solar panels to rooftops and unused land. However, no U.S. solar effort thus far compares to the ambitious plan that European Union (EU) officials are considering.

At a Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona, an EU science and policy hotbed Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau of the European commission's Institute for Energy unveiled a visionary plan, which he says could satisfy all of the EU's energy demands in coming years.

no-one likes you tulipBoy

go away

SMASH nu labour

SMASH the eu

I understand you Tupii, Brits always make things look incredibly boring!! I'll try to recruit some more mediterranean people to make this place a bit more "lively" :D

"oh god I hope so......maybe you will go away"

To be precise, I am bored with you mumbling about EU's destruction and British politics :(