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Saudi Arabia and SoftBank Plan World's Largest #Solar Project goo.gl/EDZLzM #supergrid #HVDC #MENA #NEOM #OBOR @geidco

Saudi Arabia and Egypt are also planning a$1.6 billion, 3000 MW transmission line to link the two countries and the GCC Gulf State grid - goo.gl/w88NzM

.@Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son is also driving force behind Asia #SuperGrid project, linking power grids + renewables in 4 countries: China, S. Korea, Russia & Japan - goo.gl/7VchDS #solar #wind #HVDC #climatechange

Both Asia #SuperGrid and European/Middle East #MedGrid projects are part of vision for global energy network called "Global Energy Interconnection" under study by UN and China-based @geidco group goo.gl/zsM97

.@geidco has attracted support from many blue-chip global corporations & NGO's with Masayoshi Son and former SecDOE Steven Chu serving as vice-chairs goo.gl/yMSP6b

.geidco Chairman Liu Zhenya was previously CEO of China's @state_grid Corp, world's largest electric utility w/ assets of $478.5 billion and 930K employees goo.gl/rTjGu1

.@MikeBloomberg and @JerryBrownGov are also co-chairing Global Climate Action Summit @GCAS2018 Sept 2018 in San Francisco goo.gl/sMR6Xz #climatechange #solar #wind #COP24