OT Cheap African solar energy could power UK homes in 2018

[Chris Hogg]

They intend using 'concentrated solar power', i.e. a massive array of steerable mirrors focusing onto a central collector:

and are proposing to run an interconnector across the Mediterranean from Tunis to Rome, and so link into the European grid.

[Nightjar]

Did you notice the bit near the bottom of the article about a possible cable to Iceland, so we could buy hydro-electic power from them?

[newshound]

Interesting that they show "tower" construction whereas your Wiki article suggests parabolic trough is more practicable.

[harryagain]

There are several in France and Spain been running a while.

[Brian Gaff]

Is this the one that is using sodium or something like that as the heatable medium.

Brian

[zaax]

'concentrated solar power', i.e. a massive array of steerable mirrors focus ing onto a central collector:

ar_power and are proposing to run an interconnector across the Mediterranea n from Tunis to Rome, and so link into the European grid. -- Chris

Other than all the northern afican state are unreliable, its a brillent ide a which the USA is starting to do.