Noor Ouarzazate solar farm

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Other names: NOORo II CSP, Centrale Solaire Noor Ouarzazate 2, Centrale Solaire Noor Ouarzazate 1, NOORo I CSP, Centrale Solaire Noor Ouarzazate 3, NOORo III CSP

Noor Ouarzazate solar farm (محطة نور للطاقة الشمسية ٤، نور ورززات ٤, محطة نور٢ للطاقة الشمسية، نور ورززات ٢, محطة نور٣ للطاقة الشمسية، نور ورززات ٣, محطة نور١ للطاقة الشمسية ، نور ورززات ١) is an operating solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal farm in Ouarzazate, cercle d'Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco.

Project Details

Table 1: Phase-level project details for Noor Ouarzazate solar farm

Phase name Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Technology Owner Operator
1 Operating[1] 2016[2] 160 MWac[3][1][4] Solar Thermal[3] ACWA Power; MASEN; ARiES Energy; TSk; ASRA[2] NOMAC[2]
2 Operating[5] 2018[5] 200 MWac[5][4] Solar Thermal[6] ACWA Power; SENER[5] NOMAC; MASEN[5]
3 Operating[7] 2018[7] 150 MWac[7][4] Solar Thermal[8] ACWA Power; SENER[7] NOMAC; MASEN[7]
4 Operating[9] 2018[9] 72 MW[10] PV[10] ACWA Power; MASEN[11] ACWA Power (اكوا باور)[11]

More information on this solar thermal project can be found at csp.guru.


Location

Table 2: Phase-level location details for Noor Ouarzazate solar farm

Phase Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
1 Ouarzazate, cercle d'Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco[1] 31.0106, -6.8626 (exact)[1]
2 Ouarzazate, cercle d'Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco[12] 31.0377, -6.8696 (exact)[12]
3 Ouarzazate, cercle d'Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco[13] 31.0623, -6.8704 (exact)[13]
4 Ouarzazate, cercle d'Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco[10] 31.0218, -6.8306 (exact)[10]

The map below shows the exact locations of the solar farm phases:

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/noor-i. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.acwapower.com/en/projects/nooro-i-csp-ipp/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://acwapower.com/en/projects/nooro-i-csp-ipp/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://esfccompany.com/en/articles/solar-energy/noor-ouarzazate-the-world-s-largest-concentrated-solar-power-plant-csp-built-in-morocco/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 https://www.acwapower.com/en/projects/nooro-ii-csp-ipp/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.acwapower.com/ar/projects/nooro-ii-csp-ipp/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 https://www.acwapower.com/en/projects/nooro-iii-csp-ipp/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://acwapower.com/en/projects/nooro-iii-csp-ipp/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://www.masen.ma/en/projects. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://www.acwapower.com/en/projects/noor-pv-1/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1pEeh_Myj-2YUhwSzhVT1h2Vlk/view?resourcekey=0-WqR1lVP33QblgDDX7iZ7dA. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/noor-ii. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/noor-iii. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)