Morocco's Noor Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Complex

of solar power by 2020 - goal of Morocco's Solar Energy Program.

of Morocco's energy is dependent on foreign sources, making it the largest energy importer in the Middle East.

installed capacity is expected from the four-plant Noor Ouarzazate CSP+PV complex. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), when combined with thermal storage, holds vast potential due to its ability to provide reliable power even when the sun is not shining.

Moroccans will be supplied by the plant once it is fully operational in 2018. And the possibly of extra power to export to Europe.

of oil will not be required to be imported every year.

reduction in carbon emissions per year.

needed for the Noor Ouarzazate complex has been secured by the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy, from the World Bank, the Climate Investment Funds’ Clean Technology Fund (CTF), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and European financing institutions.