France and Morocco have signed contracts worth 280 million euros, including a partnership to finance a programme to develop solar and wind power. France is also pushing a deal to try and reduce the flight to cheap labour by French employers. The deals were signed as French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault visited Casablanca, trying to … Continue reading France, Morocco Sign Solar Power, Wind Energy Deals
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KfW kicks off first solar-thermal power plant in Ouarzazate
Today KfW Entwicklungsbank, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), signed a loan agreement with the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), as project company, amounting to EUR 100 million for the first large solar-thermal power plant in Morocco. The agreement was signed in the presence of the Moroccan … Continue reading KfW kicks off first solar-thermal power plant in Ouarzazate
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Dream of solar energy turns to vision in desert sun
The Desertec project initiated in Germany has a tantalising dream: to generate limitless amounts of cheap, green energy by harnessing the solar power and the wind energy in the deserts of the Mena region. The aim of the world’s most ambitious solar power plan is for Europe to import up to a fifth of … Continue reading Dream of solar energy turns to vision in desert sun
Continue readingMorocco seeks to be solar energy leader
Morocco’s driving to become the world’s leading solar power state with a pilot project in the Sahara Desert. Morocco is driving to become the world’s leading solar power state, with a 7,400-acre pilot project in the Sahara Desert it hopes will lead to vast carbon-free solar energy plants that could supply much of Europe’s electricity … Continue reading Morocco seeks to be solar energy leader
Continue readingAcciona will build one of Africa’s biggest Concentrating Solar Power plants
The Concentrating Solar Power plant will have a maximum installed capacity of 160MW, at an investment of around 500 million euro. Moroccan Government’s Solar Energy Agency (Masen) has selected a project led by Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power, and made up of a number of companies including Spain’s TSK and Aires, as Preferred Bidder for the first … Continue reading Acciona will build one of Africa’s biggest Concentrating Solar Power plants
Continue readingAries Ingeniería y Sistemas Awarded with the Ouarzazate concentrated solar power project
The consortium formed by Acwa Power International (Acwa Power), Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas (Aries) and TSK Energía y Plantas Industriales (TSK), has been preferred bidder with the first phase of the 500 MW solar project in Morocco. The Ouarzazate Phase 1 Project, a 160MW CSP plant to be built in the area of Ouarzazate, is … Continue reading Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas Awarded with the Ouarzazate concentrated solar power project
Continue readingMorocco selects Saudi-led group for Concentrating Solar Power Plant
A group led by Saudi International Company for Water and Power (ACWA) has won a $1-billion contract to build a 160-megawatt (MW) concentrated solar power plant south of Morocco, which hopes to be a key exporter of clean Mustafa Bakkoury, who heads the state’s Solar Energy Agency (Masen), made the announcement at a news conference. … Continue reading Morocco selects Saudi-led group for Concentrating Solar Power Plant
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Morocco: 2,000 Megawatt Solar Energy by 2020
The high solar irradiance represents a further advantage. In order to make full use of the whole potential offered, some measures and improvements still need to be made: the PV Technology Conference – North Africa 2012 focused on these measures and on the actual framework in the field of photovoltaic in Northern Africa. The conference … Continue reading Morocco: 2,000 Megawatt Solar Energy by 2020
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Africa’s Largest Wind Farm in Morocco is a Go
The plant, which will be financed by Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur (BMCE) and France’s Banque Populaire, will be built astride the Atlantic ocean in southern Morocco. It is said to be the largest such plant on the African continent. “The plant is to be constructed on a build, operate and transfer basis. The original … Continue reading Africa’s Largest Wind Farm in Morocco is a Go
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Wind energy: Kharabel wins Moroccan wind farm deal
The wind energy project would be Africa’s biggest wind farm.UAE-based Kharabel and Moroccan firm Nareva have won a contract to develop a 300-megawatt wind farm in southern Morocco from state power utility ONE, local newspaper Les Echos reported on Wednesday. Quoting ONE’s legal advisers, Chadbourne & Parke, the newspaper said the consortium valued the project … Continue reading Wind energy: Kharabel wins Moroccan wind farm deal
Continue readingSaudi group close to winning $500m concentrated solar power contract
A consortium led by Saudi International Company for Water and Power (Acwa) is close to winning a contract worth at least $500m to build a new 160MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant located in Morocco.
Continue readingMorocco plans to become 40% renewable by 2020
The 160-megawatt project is part of the larger, 500 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power Ouarzazate site.
Continue readingLa central híbrida solar-gas de Ain Beni Mathar ya exporta energía a la red marroquí
Abener está ultimando la construcción de la mayor central híbrida solar-gas del mundo, cuyo campo solar ha sido diseñado por Abengoa Solar.
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