First (160 MW) plant in Morocco solar mega-project to open in 2015
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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.
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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