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Morocco opens first stage of vast solar power plant
2016-02-04 16:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The worlds largest concentrated solar power plant is open for business. Moroccos Noor 1 plant is the first phase of a vast array of parabolic mirrors that will eventually cover 30 square kilometres and power more than a million households. The $9 billion project is part of a push to wean Morocco off fossil fuels. The country imports 91% of its coal, oil and gas, a situation long recognised as a serious drain on resources. Today we wrote a new page in the history of the climate, said...
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