Does Morocco need a solar power station?

Morocco plans to generate 42% of its energy from renewables by 2020, rising to 52% by 2030, with solar, wind and hydropower each providing a third of the total. The new Ouarzazate Solar Power Station will help Morocco meet its renewable power targets. Image: Solar Business Hub The country is well on its way to achieving that goal.

Will Morocco build a solar power station in Ouarzazate?

The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy invited expressions of interest in the design, construction, operation, maintenance and financing of the first of the five planned solar power stations, the 500 MW complex in the southern town of Ouarzazate, that includes both PV and CSP. Construction officially began on 10 May 2013.

What is Morocco's largest solar power plant?

Morocco also built the Noor-Ouarzazate complex, the world's largest concentrated solar power plant, an enormous array of curved mirrors spread over 3,000 hectares (11.6 sq miles) which concentrate the Sun's rays towards tubes of fluid, with the hot liquid then used to produce power.

Does Morocco have a strategy for solar energy?

The Moroccan government has a strategy for solar energy. In what follows, we focus exclusively on the solar component of the strategy. The Moroccan government was able to deploy its emergent regional position as a renewable energy leader to garner support for the solar plan and to cement a renewable institutional infrastructure simultaneously rooted in neoliberalism and political centralism.

Why did GIZ set up solar and wind power in Morocco?

GIZ convinced the Moroccan Ministry of Energy and the Agency for Energy Efficiency to set up a varied portfolio of energy sources, including both solar and wind power, for several reasons: favorable cost-benefit ratios for renewable energy (RE) in Morocco, expected job creation, and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) as a promising area for industrial development.

How will Morocco transform its energy sector by 2030?

It outlines that Morocco has developed a plan to transform its energy sector by 2030, aiming to increase the renewable energy share to 52%, with specific targets of 20% for solar power, 20% for wind energy, and 12% for hydroelectric power. This approach seeks to enhance energy security and reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels.