New UK funding bid for African solar thermal

[PS_RalphW]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29551063

2GW by 2018 for less than the price of Offshore wind or nuclear.

Sounds too good to be true. In a stable world I would snap it up, but
I'm not sure that Africa is going to be a stable place by 2018 or beyond.

[3rdRock]

All well and good, but can you fry an egg on it?

See also: http://www.independent.co.uk/environmen ... 07292.html