DESERTEC Foundation: Start

By far the largest, technically accessible source of energy on the planet is to be found in the deserts around the equatorial regions of the earth. The DESERTEC Concept is designed to bring deserts and existing technology into service to improve global security of energy, water and the climate. DESERTEC stands for a globally applicable solution for limiting CO2 emissions by a rapid expansion of renewable energies.

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Large-scale projects with a Focus on the Future are rare. One of it is the DESERTEC Concept. Max Schoen about chances and risks in a recently done interview with brand eins.

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The 3rd edition of our new summary called "RedPaper" is now available in Spanish. New versions are also available in Arabic, English, French and German.

In July 2009 an industry initiative (Dii GmbH) was launched for creating the conditions for an accelerated implementation of the DESERTEC Concept in the EU-MENA region.

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CNN trailer about the vision of Dr. Gerhard Knies and the science network TREC who developed the DESERTEC Concept for energy, climate and human security.