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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9944

17 July 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
Desertec initiative is born - a vast solar energy network in Sahara to cover 15% of EU electricity needs

Brussels, 16/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - An initiative has come up that could give concrete substance to the Mediterranean Energy Ring, by giving the EU the means to develop and share North African renewable energy resources (package on energy supply security, November 2008, EUROPE 9782). European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have praised the project publicly. Twelve enterprises, mostly German, including E.ON and RWE but also Siemens, ABB,...

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