Energy colonialism instead of self-sufficiency: Development cooperation works differently
A British-dominated company perverts Bölkow's legacy Ludwig Bölkow once had a great idea: a solar hydrogen economy was to make solar energy available to everyone in the deserts of North Africa. Generate electricity on a large scale using solar modules; split water into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) in electrolyzers; store the energy carrier in storage tanks and then convert it back into electricity and heat using fuel cells when and where it is needed. That was the idea.