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Evwind, Other renewables

Morocco 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 →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Acciona 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 →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Aries 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 →

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Other renewables

Morocco 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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Other renewables

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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Wind Energy

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

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 →

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