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Description: DESERTEC EU-MENA Map: Sketch of possible infrastructure for a sustainable supply of power to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EU-MENA) proposed by TREC) For illustration: The red squares represent the total surfaces needed for solar collectors of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSP) plants to provide the present electricity demands - for the world (18.000 TWh/a, 300x300 km²) - for Europe (EU 3.200 TWh/a, 125x125 km²) - and for Germany or MENA (Middle East and North Africa, about 600 TWh/a, 55x55 km²). - The square labeled "TRANS-CSP Mix EUMENA 2050" indicates the surface needed for solar collectors to realize DESERTEC in EU-MENA (according to the TRANS-CSP scenario by DLR). This way the needs for seawater desalination and about two-thirds of the rising electricity consumption in the MENA region could be provided and about 17 percent of the European electricity consumption in 2050 (2,940 TWh/a, 120x120 km² in total). In reality numerous CSP-Plants will be spread in the deserts of EU-MENA and around the globe.
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