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First (160 MW) plant in Morocco solar mega-project to open in 2015
https://news.yahoo.com/first-plant-morocco-solar-mega-project-open-2015-135107492.html[font face=Serif][font size=5]First plant in Morocco solar mega-project to open in 2015[/font]
October 19, 2014 9:51 AM
[font size=3]Ouarzazate (Morocco) (AFP) - Morocco's first solar energy plant will begin operating in 2015, an official said Sunday, as part of a multi-billion-euro project the oil-scarce kingdom hopes will satisfy its growing energy needs.
The so-called "Nour 1" thermo-solar plant at the southern desert city of Ouarzazate will be operational "next year", Mustapha Bakkoury, the head of Morocco's MASEN solar energy agency told AFP.
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Morocco expects to build five new solar plants by the end of the decade with a combined production capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW) and at an estimated cost of seven billion euros ($9 billion).
The Nour 1 plant cost 600 million euros and is expected to have a capacity to generate 160 MW.
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October 19, 2014 9:51 AM
[font size=3]Ouarzazate (Morocco) (AFP) - Morocco's first solar energy plant will begin operating in 2015, an official said Sunday, as part of a multi-billion-euro project the oil-scarce kingdom hopes will satisfy its growing energy needs.
The so-called "Nour 1" thermo-solar plant at the southern desert city of Ouarzazate will be operational "next year", Mustapha Bakkoury, the head of Morocco's MASEN solar energy agency told AFP.
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Morocco expects to build five new solar plants by the end of the decade with a combined production capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW) and at an estimated cost of seven billion euros ($9 billion).
The Nour 1 plant cost 600 million euros and is expected to have a capacity to generate 160 MW.
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