October 2018 ouarzazate solar power station osps also called noor power station نور arabic for light is a solar power complex located in the drâa tafilalet region in morocco 10 kilometres 6 2 mi from ouarzazate town in ghessat rural council area.
Ouarzazate solar panel.
The first phase of the 9 billion project was launched in 2013 while the second and third phases were launched in 2016.
The first phase will generate for three hours.
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The technology chosen for the ouarzazate solar plant is the concentrated thermal solar power csp with parabolic troughs.
The massive complex sits on a sun blasted site at the foot of the high atlas mountains 10km 6 miles from ouarzazate a city nicknamed the door to the desert.
Noor 1 the first phase built at ouarzazate provides 160 mw of the ultimate 580 mw capacity and has already reduced morocco s carbon emissions by hundreds of thousands of tonnes a year its designers say.
Its concentrating solar power csp technology could provide.
Next month i will visit quarzazate and i wonder if it is possible to visit maroccos ambitious solar park noor power station aka centrale solaire thermosynamique noor.
At 510 mw it is the world s largest concentrated solar power plant.
Download full report noor ouarzazate i a 160 mw concentrated solar power csp plant is a path breaking largescale csp project one of the first to be delivered in the middle east and north africa mena region taking advantage of the region s abundant solar resources.
In this video learn more about noor ouarzazate in morocco world s largest solar power complex.
Morocco is close to completing the world s largest concentrated solar power farm.
The solar thermal plant at ouarzazate will harness the sun s warmth to melt salt which will hold its heat to power a steam turbine in the evening.
With around 330 days of sunshine a.
Are there some guided tours.
Morocco s king mohammed vi earlier this month launched the fourth and final phase of the world s largest solar energy plant noor solar in ouarzazate on the edge of the sahara desert.