Solar Energy in North African Region
Outline
Introduction
An Outlook to Renewable Energy
Economical Structure of Solar Energy in North Africa
Technological Structure of Solar Energy in North Africa
Solar PV industry
Solar CSP industry
Conclusion
Bibliography
Solar Energy In North African Region
The North Africa is a resource rich region and Solar energy is becoming a major economic development opportunity. North Africa must take advantage of it. For many decades, mining, minerals extraction and the exploitation of oil and gas fields have played an essential part of the economic landscape along the entire Southern Mediterranean coast from Egypt to Morocco. On the other hand, there is one natural resource , which so far has received scant attention, despite an abundance that has few parallels around the world: Solar energy. With rapidly falling prices of solar technologies and environmental factors are in place for the creation of a new local industry.
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AN OUTLOOK TO RENEWABLE ENERGY
There is no doubt that renewable energy has hit the mainstream. According to the IEA, Worldwide government support for renewable energy will increase from 57 billion in 2009 to 205 billion in 2035. However, this is still much less than government's support to fossil fuels. This brings us to this major question. Can renewable energy really be scaled up to the level of completely replacing the fossil-fuel-based energy system? It is said that this expansion...