[throwup238]

> Can we do the same in Europe and put massive solar panels in the desert of North Africa and import the energy northwards ?

Yes, they’re actively working on it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgrid

[xvilka]

Unlike European supergrid there are not many news about this project. And given that last mention was in 2013 and completion date is set for 2020-2025, it looks abandoned.

[Tade0]

There's another attempt currently in the works:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xlinks_Morocco%E2%80%93UK_Po...

[seb1204]

There is or also was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec

[cinntaile]

Is this really still a thing? There hasn't been any news in many years now.