For similar reasons Australia is putting together its own Desertec initiative.

出于类似的原因，澳大利亚正在筹备自己的沙漠技术倡议项目。

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Desertec would apparently move power from North Africa to Europe with a series of high-voltage cables buried deep under the Mediterranean.

Desertec产生的电能将通过深埋在地中海下的高压电缆从北非输送至欧洲。

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The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) aims to provide 15% of Europe's electricity by 2050 or earlier via power lines stretching across the desert and Mediterranean sea.

沙漠技术工业倡议公司（Desertec Industrial Initiative，简称DII）旨在于2050年之前通过穿越沙漠及地中海的输电线向欧洲提供15％的电能。

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One of the first concrete steps that Desertec announced was a plan to build three solar power plants in Morocco.

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He thinks the Desertec initiative is too reliant on public subsidies.

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However, enthusiasts of the Desertec concept say there is around 8, 000 times more energy than we need to be harnessed from the Sun, an unlimited renewable resource.

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