Renewable Energy Laboratory

The 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (1st to 5th September 2008) and Exhibition (1st to 4th September 2008) will be held at the Feria Valencia in Valencia, Spain.

Speaking at the recent Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona, Arnulf Jaeger-Walden of the European commission’s Institute for Energy has suggested that the conditions and space in the Sahara Desert could be harnessed to supply enough energy to power Europe.

This post is Professor Cutler J. Cleveland’s latest installment (reformatted by www.theoildrum.com) on net energy analysis at the Encyclopedia of Earth.

“There is every possibility that you will soon be able to tax it.” – Michael Faraday, talking to William Gladstone on the future purpose of electricity.