Signing ceremony Desertec - Medgrid in the European Union Council in Brussels Thursday 24 November 2011. From left: Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, and Andre MERLIN, President of Medgrid, and Paul van SON, Chief Executive Officer of Desertec Industry Initiative, signing the agreement and Maciej Kaliski, Polish Deputy Minister for Economy. Photo: Erik Luntang/INSPIRIT