Miracle From Morocco: 9 Million Dollar Worth Solar Power Plant Coming Soon With Work.

Complex Noor is not the name of the futuristic space station, but the future. It is the largest solar power plant in the world that uses concentrated solar power, and it is built, in fact, is largely already built in the Moroccan desert, not far from the city of Ouarzazate

The first phase, Noor 1, has been in operation since February 2016, while the other two phases are in the final stages and should start working until the end of this year, CNN writes.For example, only Noor 3 has 7400 mirrors, each of which is the approximate size of a tennis court.The total capacity of Noor will be 580 megawatts, which means that this will be the most convincing solar power plant that does not use photocells, but mirrors, to collect solar energy.

When the entire complex is completed, it will produce enough electricity to supply 1.1 million people, and it will be estimated that the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) will be reduced by 760 thousand tonnes per year.It is a sophisticated technology that, though more expensive for construction, is more cost-effective in the long run, as it provides night-time storage and cloudy days.The mirror attracts the sunlight and warms the liquid from the dissolved salt, which in combination with the water reaches 400 degrees, and the resulting steam generates the turbine and generates electricity.

The value of the entire project, according to The Guardian, is nine billion dollars, and funding is, among other things, joined by the World Bank, the European Investment Bank and the Clean Technology Fund. Morocco with Noor has certainly entered the world map of modern and innovative use of renewable energy sources.The more you invest in these technologies, they become cheaper and more affordable - explained one of the engineers working on the project, Tariq Bourquouquou.

At present, Morocco is largely relying on imported fossil fuels, which today account for 97 percent of their energy needs, but these ratios could soon begin to change considerably.Namely, as the Guardian writes, this North African country plans to generate 42 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 and for another ten years in the future intends to completely reverse the ratios and more than half (52 percent) of the energy gain from renewable sources.

Complex Noor here will certainly play an important role. Morocco is therefore one of the African leaders in the exploitation of clean energy, and since there is huge potential for collecting and exploiting solar energy in North Africa, we hope to gain positive competition soon.

• 23 May, 2018
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