<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d6993baa-d19e-4e35-9fa0-ebd1e29c3d1a/F22DF171-F036-4E24-8BF1-B7AB0B46B6B7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower"><DIV id="article-header"> <DIV id="main-article-info"> <H1>Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU</H1> <P id="stand-first"><STRONG>·</STRONG> Huge £35bn supergrid would pool green sources <BR /><STRONG>·</STRONG> Brown and Sarkozy back north African plan</p> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower"><P id="stand-first"><STRONG>·</STRONG> Huge £35bn supergrid would pool green sources <BR /><STRONG>·</STRONG> Brown and Sarkozy back north African plan</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower"><UL class="article-attributes"> <LI class="byline"> <A name="&lid={contentTypeByline}{Alok Jha}&lpos={contentTypeByline}{1}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alokjha" linkindex="23">Alok Jha</A>, science correspondent </LI> <LI class="publication"> <A name="&lid={contentTypeByline}{The Guardian}&lpos={contentTypeByline}{2}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian" linkindex="24">The Guardian</A>, </LI> <LI class="date">Wednesday July 23, 2008</LI> <LI class="history"><A class="sendbyline" id="historylink-byline">Article history</A></LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/8933CA3F-13D5-4066-93A4-CF907BAC4C3C" alt="A solar power plant in Spain" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower"><P class="caption">A concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Spain that uses panels to refl ect light on to a central tower to produce electricity. Similar plants are proposed for north Africa. Photograph: AP</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower"><P>A tiny rectangle superimposed on the vast expanse of the Sahara captures the seductive appeal of the audacious plan to cut Europe's carbon emissions by harnessing the fierce power of the desert sun. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/23/solarpower.windpower"><P>Dwarfed by any of the north African nations, it represents an area slightly smaller than Wales but scientists claimed yesterday it could one day generate enough solar energy to supply all of Europe with clean electricity.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F22DF171-F036-4E24-8BF1-B7AB0B46B6B7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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