german companies r planing to invest 400 bio euros over the next years and to produce about 15 percent of the european electricity in northern africa

the memorandum of understanding does include 12 german companies atm , including siemens , deutsche bank , munich re and eon ( +swiss based abb )

http://www.desertec.org/en/

link to the hp of the initiative

atm it seems that some companies/countries have a strong opposition vs the project ( comments of nuclear friendly vattenfall 4 example r very negative )

i wonder what mid-/longterm political effects such a huge investment would mean to the *target* countries in northern africa ( marocco , tunisie , libya ... )

should the germany based countries open the initative 4 french ( state-influenced ) companies ? or would that hurt the idea ? should the project be supported by german gov ? or should it belong to the eu ( meaning more influence 4 countries like bulgaria or romania etc ) ?

right now there're too much other problems, which have to get solved as fast as possible, just like the financial crisis

sure "desertec" is a good thing, but we'll see what happens

well, the project could become the initial charge 4 a complete shift toward more sustainable, *green* energy. if 15 percent of europes energy-need can be produced that way , it would be possible to install more solar paneels and to enhance the percentage . in the ( very ) long run it would be possible to completly bypass oil or nuclear energy ... the technology is ready , the mass- use is goin to be tested . i wonder why no1 else seems to see the power behind this afford...