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The largest solar power plant ever would appear near the Sahara desert


Morocco is a nation in Africa, plans to build solar power plants (solar), the world's largest near the Atlas mountain range, is expected to make Morocco as a major solar energy. The factory will be Built on an area of ​​30 square kilometers outside the city of Ouarzazate, near the Sahara desert, a renowned location filming Hollywood Game of Thrones, Gladiator and Lawrence of Arabia. This plant will have the capacity to supply electricity to a Moroccan citizen self 1.1 million in 2018. According to the World Bank. For a project named Noor 1 will launch in the next few weeks, according to officials involved. Morocco has stood at the forefront in the implementation of climate policy in the region, there is little pollution compared with other countries.


The Installing solar technology use CSP (Concentrating Solar Power), which is more expensive than commonly used panels These can absorb energy night and day when the sky cleared. The plant will use glass panels to extract solar water and heat to a temperature of 400 degrees Celsius to form push the steam turbine to generate electricity only once. The project was officially inaugurated by the King of Morocco Mohamed VI in 2013, post-processing It will be able to reduce emissions more than 70 thousand tons per year, also set for export to sell abroad. Morocco currently relies creating fire on fuel imports, which have more than 97% of its energy making the country vulnerable to extreme price volatility.

Source : CNN

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