The Noor Midelt 1 plant, an 800 MW solar plant combining CSP and PV with 5 hours of storage capacity, is to be built and operated by EDF Renewables (35%), Abu Dhabi Future Energy CO (30%), Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) (25%) and Green Of Africa (10%).
Local media outlets report that the site is behind schedule. Combining PV and CSP optimizes the projectโs levelized cost of energy (LCOE), around 0.68 Moroccan dirhams ($0.069) per kWg, according to a figure from Masdar for the first phase Noor Midelt 1.
Author:ย Gwรฉnaรซlle Deboutte
This article was originally published in pv magazine and is republished with permission.