LINKS FROM Desertec-UK

• Campaigns for CSP
• Conference organisers, magazines, websites
  • CSP Today
  • CPV Today
  • Solar Industry magazine
• Development
  • Companies and associations
  • International agencies
  • CSP projects
  • Conferences and exhibitions
  • Related conferences and exhibitions
  • Greentech investors
• Research and teaching
• Desertec University Network
• German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, US Department of Energy)
• EU Institute for Energy
• RSA Carbon Limited runs the Energy 2020 project.
• Sandia National Laboratories (US Department of Energy)
• Ciemat (Spain)
• Solar energy at the ANU
• Troughnet: the NREL parabolic trough solar power network
• REMAP project, 2006-2008
• Discussion: TREC discussion forum for news and discussion related to the Desertec concept.
• Information
  • There is an overview of CSP with links to other sources of information.
  • CSP plants on Google Earth (needs Google Earth to be installed on your computer)
  • List of solar thermal power stations (Wikipedia).
  • Copies of the AQUA-CSP, TRANS-CSP and MED-CSP reports may be downloaded from the DLR reports page. This page also contains links to other reports about CSP and decarbonising the world's economy.
  • The CSP resources page provides links to leaflets, a slide show, a CD information kit about CSP and the TREC ideas, and our Google Earth database (next).
  • PESWiki directory: concentrated solar power
  • CSP info
• Electrical engineering
  • Electricity transmission grids
  • Kick-start and upgrade: how countries thoughout Europe may benefit soon from "clean power from deserts"
  • The cascading principle: long-distance transfers of electricity without long-distance transmission
  • How to increase the capacity of an HVAC transmission grid
  • Minimising the visual impact of new transmission lines
  • The cost of building a large-scale HVDC transmission grid
  • Storage of electricity and solar thermal energy
  • Matching supplies of electricity with variable demands for electricity
• News
  • Main news page
  • Recent highlights
  • Related news
  • Straws in the wind. This page contains items of news that seem to point to major trends in renewable energy and conservation of energy.
• Politicians, policies, and the Desertec concept
  • Overview of Desertec-UK campaigning, up to April 2009.
  • Early Day Motion (EDM) 123 08-09. This calls on the Government to promote the Desertec concept vigorously, working with its international partners. If you are a UK citizen, please write to your MP and ask them to sign EDM 123.
  • Speeches and other public statements by politicians
  • Selected correspondence with MPs and the UK government:
    • Parliamentary question by Jon Trickett MP, response by energy minister Malcolm Wicks MP, and our response to the minister's response (sent to him and selected ministers and MPs), 2007-04-02.
    • Commentary on “UK renewable energy strategy consultation” from the DTI, June 2008 (September 2008).
    • Letter from energy minister Mike O'Brien MP, 2009-03-10:
      • page 1, page 2.
      • Our reply to Mike O'Brien's letter, 2009-04-01.
  • Adjournment debate on "Concentrated solar power" in the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, 2008-02-28:
    • Transcript from Hansard
    • A video recording of the debate (ASF file, Windows Media, 44.4 MB).
  • European Union:
    • Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (2008-01-23)
    • Towards a European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (2007-01-10)
• Climate campaigns
  • Speaker networks:
    • Climate Change Speaker Network
    • Talk Action
  • The Alliance for Climate Protection. Campaign led by Al Gore.
  • We can solve the climate crisis. A project of the Alliance (above). Proposed solutions include large-scale expansion of renewables, including CSP.
• Energy
  • Costs and subsidies for renewable and non-renewable sources of power.
  • How clean solar power may replace dirty kinds of power
  • Peak oil and peak coal
  • The "Energy Island" concept. This proposal for floating energy-generating islands in tropical regions includes proposals for the use of CSP on the islands.
  • Timescales for introducing Desertec power into EUMENA
  • Wind Turbines. A social network for the wind energy community.
• Mediterranean Solar Plan
  • The Union for the Mediterranean and the Mediterranean Solar Plan (PDF, 786 KB, slides by Carsten Hoyer-Klick, 2008-11-27).
  • Proposal to incorporate MicroCSP in the Mediterranean Solar Plan (scroll down for the English version). See also Projet du Feu Solaire.
  • Presentations of the expert workshop on the Mediterranean Solar Plan,
    28th and 29th October 2008, Berlin, Germany
• Miscellaneous
  • The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse, Daniel Rirdan, Corinno Press, 2012. This book, apparently aimed at a general audience, includes proposals for extending Desertec-like ideas to the whole world.
  • StratoSolar: CSP in the stratosphere?
  • Bike the Earth. These six bikers will be promoting the Desertec concept on their travels.
  • AfricElectric.com. Information about electricity generation and distribution in Africa.
  • The Ecologist magazine. They have kindly provided a link to the Desertec-UK website from their website.
  • New models for economics and the environment
    
• EcoMed 21: promoting the sustainable development of the Mediterranean area.
• The Seawater Greenhouse
• CSP blogs
• Why we don't need nuclear power
• World of Renewables
• Good Energy blog