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Publish Date : 06-Apr-2017

Morocco has accomplished the launch of the fourth and last phase of the Noor Solar plant complex in Ouarzazate, with an overall generation capacity of 582MW, further strengthening its leading position in the space of renewable energy.

King Mohammed VI has carried out the inauguration of the works under this stage of the project that will see deployment of photovoltaic (PV) technology for the generation of clean electricity.

The phase, which will have capacity to produce 72MW of electricity, will entail an overall investment of 750 million dirhams.

The Moroccan Solar Energy Agency (MASEN) will carry out the Noor Ouarzazate IV jointly with a consortium of private sector entities headed by Saudi Arabian Acwa Power group and German development bank KfW.

KfW has provided 659 million dirhams in funding for the project.

The Moroccan Governments ambitious strategy for low carbon economy, which is intended for increasing the contribution of renewable energies into the national electricity mix to 52% by the year 2030, has incorporated the Noor project.

The country has started the Noor II and Noor III, respectively the second and third power plants of the Noor solar complex, on February 04, 2016. The 200MW Noor II is 76% complete while the 150MW Noor III has a completion rate of 74%.

The Noor II power station, based on solar thermal technology, with cylindrical parabolic trough, is being set up on an area of up to 680 ha.

The Noor III facility spread across 750 ha of area will feature a solar power tower (150MW).

The Noor Ouarzazate II, III and IV, along with Noor Ouarzazate I (160MW) in commission since February last year, has facilitated the Noor Ouarzazate to become the biggest multi-technology based solar production location in the globe, with an overall outlay of 24 billion dirhams.

The Noor-Ouarzazate solar energy complex is slated to complete in next year, and once operational, the site will become one of its kind in the globe and generate enough clean electricity to serve 1.1 million people.

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