An aerial view of the Noor Concentrated Solar Power Project.
The Noor Concentrated Solar Power Project is located in the Ouarzazate region of the Draa-Tafilalet area in Morocco. The project consists of two phases, totaling 350 megawatts of installed capacity.
It represents the first overseas new energy construction project in the concentrated solar power category by a Chinese company.
It is currently the largest single-unit concentrated solar power project in the world, utilizing both parabolic trough and tower technologies. Construction began in May 2015, and it started operating in October 2018.
As a globally cutting-edge project in the field of concentrated solar power, the project can annually deliver over 1 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity to Morocco's grid, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 522,000 metric tons.
In addition to providing clean energy to over a million Moroccan households, the surplus electricity can be transmitted to Europe. This project has fundamentally changed Morocco's historical reliance on imported electricity and has had a significant positive impact on local industry and economic development.
