The Ouarzazate Solar Power Complex began in May 2013 and went into operation in February 2016 on an area of 2,500 hectares.
Ouarzazate lies in the middle of the Moroccan desert and is widely known as a filming location for Hollywood blockbusters like “Lawrence of Arabia”,”Gladiator”, Prince of Persia”, and other movies.
Morocco plans to produce more than 40% of the country’s electricity from clean energy by 2020. It will supply more than one million people with electricity and avoid at least 730,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
The project is internationally described as a model to follow for all countries of the world, especially in the African continent that is most affected by global warming.
Morocco is putting on this enormous project to reduce its energy bill, but also eventually export its electricity. With Germany as its first potential customer, it plans to phase out nuclear power in 2022. The cost of the project is about 3.000 billion Euros.
Read the full article here: Africa.com
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