EurActiv.com reports that Europe will start importing its first solar-generated electricity from North Africa within the next five years. "The European Union is backing projects to turn the plentiful sunlight in the Sahara desert into electricity for power-hungry Europe, a scheme it hopes will help meet its target of deriving 20% of its energy from renewable sources in 2020."
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