The Ouarzazate plant – which will feature a molten-salt facility with four hours of thermal storage capacity to cover peak consumption hours after sundown – will use SenerTrough parabolic trough technology.

“This is the first phase of a more ambitious plan to develop solar energy in Morocco in the Ouarzazate site and other regions in the country with financing support from the World Bank and African Development Bank,” says Masen.

Masen