Morocco Solar Panel Project

Morocco has officially turned on a massive solar power plant in the sahara desert kicking off the first phase of a planned project to provide renewable energy to more than a million moroccans.

Morocco solar panel project.

The total project s estimated cost is around 2 5. Its flagship project is a first of its kind 9 billion energy plant called noor meaning light in arabic and the size of the city. 32 solar panels were brought online and connected to a mini grid system that delivers electricity to around 50 residents of id mjahdi a small village near the seaside town of essaouira. Morocco has launched one of the world s largest solar energy projects costing an estimated 9 billion.

Solar power in morocco is enabled by the country having one of the highest rates of solar insolation among other countries about 3 000 hours per year of sunshine but up to 3 600 hours in the desert. As of july 2019 the noor ouarzazate solar. Rabat moroccan officials inaugurated the first village in morocco and africa to be fully powered by solar energy on october 12. As well as a host nation of a formula eprix the country is also home to.

The aim of the project is to create 2 000 megawatts of solar generation capacity by the. Ouarzazate morocco cnn it s not just on the track that morocco is aiming to become a world leader in renewable energy. At 510 mw it is the world s largest concentrated solar power plant. The village id mjahdi is located near essaouira around 190km to.

With an additional 72 mw photovoltaic system the entire project is planned to produce 582 mw at peak when finished and is being built in three phases and in four parts.