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# Desertec video - solar power from the Sahara
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/desertec-video-solar-power-from-sahara/
- Published: 2012-05-05T08:05:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T10:50:26.000Z
- Description: A Scriberia animation describes the "Desertec" project - using solar power concentrators in North Africa and bringing power to Europe with High Voltage DC lines. Why not?
- Author: Tony Curzon Price
- Tags: Science, #Migrated, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 16:12, #appended-excerpt

I had a hand in organising the event at which Michael Düren presented this, and I provided the direction for the animation. You might remember openEconomics' [previous coverage](http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/desert-energy) of the project.

A Scriberia animation describes the "Desertec" project - using solar power concentrators in North Africa and bringing power to Europe with High Voltage DC lines. Why not?