The DESERTEC Industrial Initiative envisages North African solar farms providing solar energy to southern Europe. The North Sea Offshore Grid Initiative envisages North Sea wind farms providing electricity to northern Europe, load-balanced by Scandinavian hydropower.

In the eastern hemisphere, Australia could be Asia's 'North Africa,' generating clean solar energy for export. The ocean between Japan/South Korea, China and Taiwan could be Asia's 'North Sea,' generating wind powered electricity for the energy-hungry economies of North Asia.

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