The Domaine de l’Anse Sauvage uses abundant outdoor green space in conjunction with a residential housing and apartment hotel development to blur the lines between the natural and indoor worlds.[...]
The age-old plan to power Europe with solar farms in North Africa and the Middle East may finally become a reality. This past June, Tunisia-based TuNur filed a request to export 4.5 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy to Europe....
Developer TuNur has applied to build a 4.5GW plant in the Sahara and pipe enough electricity via submarine cables to power two million European homes
When you think of the Sahara Desert, you probably don't connect it with water and vegetation. Yet Norwegian group Sahara Forest Project aims to bring just that to Tunisia through technology and solar power. They have the...
The infamous Tunisian Star Wars sets, that represent Luke Skywalker's desert planet of Tatooine, have had it rough in the past. If it's not Imperial Stormtroopers, then the sets are being threatened by encroaching desertification....
The blazing Sahara sun may power homes a world away by 2018. The people behind a new $13 million project called TuNur farm propose to build a massive 100-square-kilometer solar farm in Tunisia. The farm would then connect...
Remember Luke Skywalker's home in Tatooine that was lovingly restored by fans? It's currently one of several Star Wars sites threatened by desertification in Tunisia...
Remember Luke Skywalker's home in Tatooine that was lovingly restored by fans? It may be one of several Star Wars sites threatened by desertification in Tunisia...
Migrating sand dunes in the Tunisian desert are threatening to bury the set of Mos Espa City—one of the most famous filming locations captured in the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and childhood home of the franchise’s...
Renewable energy technology just got a much needed breath of fresh air. During the TEDGlobal 2012 Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland the head of the Tunisian company Saphon Energy introduced a radical innovation in wind...
Renewable energy technology just got a much needed breath of fresh air. During the TEDGlobal 2012 Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland the head of the Tunisian company Saphon Energy introduced a radical innovation in wind...
Read the rest of Star Wars Fans Restore Luke Skywalker’s Igloo-Shaped Home in Tunisia! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Africa, Anakin Skywalker, Arab Spring, george lucas, Lars Homestead,...
Comment is free interviews: Michael Ross, author of The Oil Curse, explains that the discovery of valuable natural resources can often backfire on developing countries
During the Arab Spring, rulers with oil wealth fared better than those without, says Michael Ross, author of 'The Oil Curse'. But he explains why the discovery of valuable natural resources can often backfire on developing...
Japan's disaster would weigh more heavily if there were less harmful alternatives. Atomic power is part of the mixYou will not be surprised to hear that the events in Japan have changed my view of nuclear power. You will...
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