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Thursday, 14 October 2010 00:00 |
EDF is to lead an industrial initiative to study the feasibility of an underwater high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) electricity network connecting both sides of the Mediterranean.
The network is one of the major puzzle pieces needed to form a European supergrid, an idea championed by environmentalists as a way to ensure the European Union (EU) meets its future commitment to energy from renewable sources.
A supergrid would interconnect Europe and regions around its borders with a HVDC power grid. The area map of the grid has yet to become any more official than a drawing on the back of an envelope, but proponents see the possibility of connecting widespread renewable energy sources from Iceland to the Sahara desert - bringing together geothermal, hydroelectric, wind, wave, tidal and solar into one constant, weatherproof electricity supply system.
Read the full article at The Engineer
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