Morocco poised to become a solar superpower with launch of desert mega-project

World’s largest concentrated solar power plant, powered by the Saharan sun, set to help renewables provide almost half the country’s energy by 2020
The 12 metre-high parabolic mirrors. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian>>>

Ouarzazate solar plant will create enough electricity to power a million homes once it is finished. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Arthur Neslen in Ouarzazate-Monday 26 October 2015

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he  Moroccan city of Ouarzazate is used to big productions. On the edge of the Sahara desert and the centre of the north African country’s “Ouallywood” film industry it has played host to big-budget location shots in Lawrence of Arabia, The Mummy, The Living Daylights and even Game of Thrones.

Morocco Poised to Become a Solar Superpower With Launch of Desert Mega-project by Thavam Ratna