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DESERTEC Foundation, in cooperation with the Tunisian National Advisory Council for Scientific Research and Technology, has founded a platform for scientific cooperation for DESERTEC. Founding members besides the non-profit DESERTEC Foundation are 18 universities and research facilities from North Africa and the Middle East. Additional institutes from Europe complement the network and promote the knowledge transfer.'
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DESERTEC University Network, 2010</blockquote>
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..Solar Project Set for Launch, 2009
The Desertec project - '..Chernobyl .. the 1986 disaster prompted him..' - '..Fukishima Daiichi nuclear disaster..'First Step on the Road to an Asian Super Grid - '..interlinking national electricity grids from Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia and Russia..'