Don’t depend on other nations for your energy. See also: OPEC, Strait of Hormuz.

The article doesn’t mention losses due to super long transmission lines. Like sure you can generate a kajillion watts of electricity in Algeria but if you can’t charge a cell phone with it once it makes it to Madrid then who cares?

@EatingOnions
I’m flabbergasted that they’re only coming round to this now.
Africa is the naturally richest continent on the planet & this includes its very under-exploited solar energy resources.