The technology chosen for the ouarzazate solar plant is the concentrated thermal solar power csp with parabolic troughs.
													
																	Ouarzazate solar panel. 
									
	
		
	
																	This technology concentrates radiation within mirrors and onto a focal spot where an oily liquid is heated. 
																	The massive complex sits on a sun blasted site at the foot of the high atlas mountains 10km 6 miles from ouarzazate a city nicknamed the door to the desert. 
																	The first phase will generate for three hours. 
																	With around 330 days of sunshine a. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Noor is the arabic word for light. 
																	Noor 1 the first phase built at ouarzazate provides 160 mw of the ultimate 580 mw capacity and has already reduced morocco s carbon emissions by hundreds of thousands of tonnes a year its designers say. 
																	Next month i will visit quarzazate and i wonder if it is possible to visit maroccos ambitious solar park noor power station aka centrale solaire thermosynamique noor. 
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																	October 2018 ouarzazate solar power station osps also called noor power station نور arabic for light is a solar power complex located in the drâa tafilalet region in morocco 10 kilometres 6 2 mi from ouarzazate town in ghessat rural council area. 
																	In this video learn more about noor ouarzazate in morocco world s largest solar power complex. 
																	The first phase of the 9 billion project was launched in 2013 while the second and third phases were launched in 2016. 
																	The collected heat produces steam which is then converted into electricity through a turbine generator. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Download full report noor ouarzazate i a 160 mw concentrated solar power csp plant is a path breaking largescale csp project one of the first to be delivered in the middle east and north africa mena region taking advantage of the region s abundant solar resources. 
																	Its concentrating solar power csp technology could provide. 
																	The solar thermal plant at ouarzazate will harness the sun s warmth to melt salt which will hold its heat to power a steam turbine in the evening. 
																	Morocco is close to completing the world s largest concentrated solar power farm.