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Huge Renewables Expansion Coming! Even with policy uncertainty, markets expected to explode. http://bit.ly/gpRyS1 #solar #wind #supergrid
– Michael Powers (TerraWatts2010) http://twitter.com/TerraWatts2010/status/17241495673249792

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Europe can switch to low carbon sources of energy without jeopardising reliability or forcing up energy bills to punitive levels, according to a major new study that claims to be the most comprehensive assessment to date of the viability of zero carbon power supplies.

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One of the biggest problems with wind power is that it’s not constant. But a system of linked wind generators off the East Coast of the U.S. might overcome this difficulty, scientists say.

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It would connect turbines off the wind-lashed north coast of Scotland with Germany's vast arrays of solar panels, and join the power of waves crashing on to the Belgian and Danish coasts with the hydro-electric dams nestled in Norway's fjords: Europe's first electricity grid dedicated to renewable power will become a political reality this month, as nine countries formally draw up plans to link their clean energy projects around the North Sea.

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European Union member states voiced support for early-stage plans to build an offshore power grid under the North Sea that would enable cross-border energy trading, officials said on Wednesday.

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In the coming decades, several global developments will create new challenges for humankind. Climate change, population growth far beyond earth’s capacities, and a striving for prosperity that is invariably connected to a continually increasing demand for energy and water are the core problems with which we are confronted.

The DESERTEC Concept describes a way to solve these challenges.

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Climate talks in Poznan, Poland, this week included a meeting to discuss the concept of a super-grid that would connect renewable-rich regions to energy-hungry regions via high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) cables. It’s an attractive idea. If Iceland has all the geothermal, North Africa has the solar, Scotland has the offshore wind and the coasts can tap wave power, why not build a grid that can carry that emission-free power to inland population centres that rely on fossil fuels and nuclear?

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Harnessing the power of the desert sun is at the centre of ambitious scheme to build a €45bn (£35.7bn) European supergrid that would allow countries across the continent to share electricity from abundant green sources such as wind energy in the UK and Denmark and geothermal energy from Iceland and Italy.

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