11/10/2012
North Africa: Nation Seeks Green Energy Leadership - Sahara Sun, Wind to Power Europe, North Africa - UPI
[Moroccan American Center for Policy]Rabat -UPI Energy Resources - Morocco is driving to become the world's leading solar power state, with a 7,400-acre pilot project in the Sahara Desert it hopes will lead to vast carbon-free solar energy plants that could supply much of Europe's electricity needs. The North African kingdom's plan is for a $9 billion solar energy plant to produce 2,000 megawatts of power by 2020, 38 percent of its current electricity generation.
