Morocco's First Solar Power Plant to Start Operating in 2015

Publisher:
Voice of America
Publication Date:
20 October 2014
Tags:
Morocco, Energy, Industry and Infrastructure

Morocco has announced that its first solar energy plant will begin operating next year. The plant is part of a multi-billion-dollar project aimed at satisfying the growing needs for energy in the North African kingdom. Zlatica Hoke reports the Nour 1 thermo-solar plant is the first of five that Morocco plans to build by the end of the decade, as it strives to become a world-class renewable energy producer.

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