ACWA Power and MASEN sign PPA for $1bn Ouarzazate CSP IPP
The newly-developed project will generate power in Morocco by using Concentrating Solar Power "CSP" parabolic trough technology.
Morocco Concentrating Solar Power plant secures nearly half of the project’s cost
HM the King presided over the signing of nine agreements relating to the financing, construction and management of the first plant of Ouarzazate solar complex.
KfW kicks off first solar-thermal power plant in Ouarzazate
The agreement was signed in the presence of the Moroccan king. This first power plant will have a capacity of 160 megawatts.
Dream of solar energy turns to vision in desert sun
The aim of the world’s most ambitious solar power plan is for Europe to import up to a fifth of its electricity from solar and wind farms in the region by 2050.
Morocco seeks to be solar energy leader
Morocco's driving to become the world's leading solar power state with a pilot project in the Sahara Desert.
TSK, Acciona, SENER and Aries in the consortium to build Ouarzazate CSP plant in Morocco
For the development of technical and economical offer and the subsequent construction of the plant, the consortium signed a joint venture with TSK-Acciona-SENER.
Acciona and ARIES INGENIERÍA will build one of Africa’s biggest CSP plants
The Concentrating Solar Power plant will have a maximum installed capacity of 160MW, at an investment of around 500 million euro.
Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas Awarded with the Ouarzazate concentrated solar power project
The consortium formed by Acwa Power International (Acwa Power), Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas (Aries) and TSK Energía y Plantas Industriales (TSK), has been preferred bidder with the first phase of the 500 MW solar project
‘HITECO workshop on solar energy collectors for high temperatures’, Valladolid, Spain
The HITECO project, co funded by the European Program FP7, aims to develop a new solar receiver that will increase the parabolic-trough efficiency.