POWER FROM
THE DESERT

(60 min., Arte/NDR broadcasting networks, 2012)

POWER FROM
THE DESERT

(60 min., Arte/NDR broadcasting networks, 2012)

There is more solar energy in the Sahara than Africa and Europe combined would be able to consume. That’s why several major industrial concerns have joined forces. Their plan: to produce electricity in North Africa in order to subsequently transport it to Europe. The documentary POWER FROM THE DESERT (original title: STROM AUS DER WÜSTE) documents the opportunities and risks of a project in the billions.

Screenplay/Directors: Carsten Rau and Hauke Wendler
Camera: Boris Mahlau, André Wawro
Editor: Stephan Haase
Commissioning Editor: Monika Schäfer
Production: PIER 53 Filmproduktion