World’s largest concentrated solar plant switches on in the Sahara

maroc-desert
Moroccan desert. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

Excerpts;

Morocco has switched on what will be the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant.

The new site near the city of Ourrzazate, could produce enough energy to power over one million homes by 2018 and reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 760,000 tons per year…

Read Full Article, CNN

How Morocco Is Harnessing Solar Power To Achieve Energy Independence, Huffington Green
The country has historically relied almost entirely on imports from abroad for its energy. Now it has found a way to transform its abundance of sunlight into an economic asset…

Morocco Poised to Become a Solar Superpower With Launch of Desert Mega-Project, Guardian UK (10-26-2015)

Latest Posts + Popular Topics