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Morocco turns on the first phase of the largest concentrated solar power
(CSP) plant in the world
08/02/2016
Morocco has achieved the first phase of the world’s largest concentrated
solar power (CSP) plant.
Once completed in 2018, the power station on the edge of the Saharan
desert will be the size of the country’s capital city and supply
electricity for 1.1 million people. Noor 1, the first phase of the
three-plant Noor-Ouarzazate CSP complex, provides 160 MW of the ultimate
580MW capacity, helping Morocco to save hundreds of thousands of tonnes
of carbon emissions per year. Electricity generated from the first phase
would be sold at $0.19 per kilowatt/hour. The north African nation plans
to generate 42% of its energy from renewables by 2020, with one-third of
that total arriving from solar, wind and hydropower each and 52% by
2030, helping to reduce its dependency on oil for power generation.
Concentrated solar power plants (CSPs) work differently than a
photovoltaic installation. CSPs use lots of mirrors to capture the
thermal energy of the sun, and use it to convert water into steam to
turn turbines.
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