Morocco opens solar farm due to be ‘world’s largest’……BBC

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A solar farm designed to become the largest in the world has been officially opened in Morocco by King Mohammed VI.

The plant, in the Sahara desert, south-east of Casablanca, will generate 500 megawatts when it reaches full capacity, comparable to a nuclear reactor.

It’s designed to store power when the sun isn’t shining. It takes around two hours to walk around the array of half a million parabolic mirrors that focus heat to provide steam for the turbines.

Environmentalists have expressed concern that water required for cooling will deplete a nearby dam.

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