solar power

A vast array of curved mirrors at the Noor Concentrated Solar Power plant near Ouarzazate, Morocco. The massive facility is part of an agressive effort to develop renewable power in Morocco.

Now blooming in the desert: Morocco’s grand dream of energy independence

Environment

Morocco is building one of the world’s largest solar power plants in the desert east of Marrakesh, using a technology that will allow it to generate electricity well past sundown. It’s part of an aggressive strategy to become energy independent.

Nellis Solar Power Plant

Natural gas and solar power have been growing together. Can that last?

Environment