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Old 01-08-2010
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Default Europe unites to build renewable energy 'supergrid'

The Guardian: It would connect turbines off the wind-lashed north coast of Scotland with Germany's vast arrays of solar panels, and join the power of waves crashing on to the Belgian and Danish coasts with the hydro-electric dams nestled in...

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About a year ago I had heard of different countries in the EU wanting to form a circular wind turbine grid so as weather fronts move in it would spread the power around, lowering the intermittent problem inherent with wind turbines. But, this sounds like an even better idea to solve the same problem with solar in the mix as well as hydroelectric power.
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