Morocco Poised to Become a Solar Superpower With Launch of Desert Mega-Project

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Moroccan desert. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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World’s largest concentrated solar power plant, powered by the Saharan sun, set to help renewables provide almost half of Morocco’s energy by 2020…

Read Full Article, Guardian UK

Desert Solar Power: Opportunities For Green Energy, Yet Challenges In Application, Scientific American (07-02-2013)

The World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant, Big Picture, Guardian UK (03-2013)
The world’s largest concentrated solar power plant, Shams 1, launched on Sunday, representing a major milestone in the development of renewable energy in the Middle East. Taking three years to build, the $600m plant is located in Abu Dhabi’s western region, the heart of the UAE’s hydrocarbon industry.

Waiting for the sun, The Economist (05-2012)

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