Even in our region, renewable sources of energy are becoming increasingly cheaper. Won’t solar power imports become redundant and more expensive from 2020 onwards?
In locations in North Africa, solar-thermal power plants are capable of supplying cheap electricity on demand round the clock and throughout the year, thanks to their thermal energy storage possibilities, whether it be to balance out demand fluctuations or to cover the base load. This aspect of controllability of imported solar energy makes it much more valuable for it may attain higher prices compared to fluctuating sources such as wind and photovoltaic generators. Our domestic sources of energy, which are both renewable and controllable, such as geothermal power, biomass and hydro power, are not enough to economically provide the necessary balanced and controlled energy within the given time frame for reasons of climate protection. In the battle against climate change and increasing prices, decentralized and internationally linked renewable energy sources optimally complement each other: Hydro-power, off-shore wind power and power from deserts sustainably maintain the power productio
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