Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 29

20-Jul-2009

MEES Agenda

Desertec Foundation Launches $550Bn Saharan Solar Thermal Power Project

Solar thermal energy is one of the few possible ways that we know of today for generating energy without emitting green house gases. Solar thermal power in the form of Concentration Solar-Thermal Power Plants (CSP-plants) is being advocated by scientists and environmentalists as an energy generation option that should be employed quickly to stem further damage...