Sunny Spain and Portugal, surrounded by water on three sides. What if it they could use their sunlight, seawater and gravity to produce green hydrogen and simultaneously generate more electricity than is consumed in the process? Furthermore, what if they could export a (theoretically) unlimited amount of electricity to the rest of Europe and green hydrogen to distant, virtually insatiable energy and water markets such as China and India?

What if the Canary Islands…

and the Balearic Islands

suddenly became world-class energy exporters? Would that diversify their economies, create jobs, and improve their standard of living? Would that be enough to merit an in-depth study?