Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 42

18-Oct-2010

MEES Agenda

A Year On, $550Bn Desertec Advances Toward Solar Energy Future

Second cross-Mediterranean power link planned, Tunisia to Italy

The $550bn Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) plans to produce electricity from a series of solar energy farms across North Africa and the Middle East that would supply power to those regions and Europe. It was launched in July 2009 (MEES, 20 July 2009) and was established as a company in...