Besides the enormous reserves of oil, Saudi Arabia is desert and it is located in sunny region with high potential for the production of electricity from the sun.

Located in the center of the so called Sun belt,the country is part of the vast region without precipitation, which stretches from the west coast of North Africa to the east coast of Central Asia and has the greatest solar resources on earth. With the record oil prices this country attract the attention of the growing number of European leaders who embrace ambitious plan to use this energy in their countries, says the magazine Forbes.

Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC) was founded by a consortium led by the Rome club (bringing together scientists, politicians and public figures). In TREC including influential organizations such as the German Aerospace Bureau, and several universities in Europe and the Middle East.

TREC headed the initiative to build a huge transmission network for alternative energy sources for Europe, which won an increasing number and more influential supporters. In 2007, Jordanian Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, presented the plan during a parliamentary session in the EU.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown also publicly supported the project for the network in recent weeks. Meanwhile, the conflict between Georgia and Russia, which showed the size of Europe’s energy insecurity, and it has undoubtedly increased support for the plan of TREC.

During a scientific forum in Barcelona in July las year was claimed that only 0.4% of the solar energy they receive the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, are insufficient to fully satisfy the energy needs of Europe.