Sterling and Wilson to construct 170 MW Solar PV Project in Morocco

Solar EPC company, Sterling and Wilson has signed a contract during a ceremony at COP22 in Marrakech to construct a 170 MW Solar PV Project in Morocco, with the consortium led by ACWA Power.

The NOOR PV I Program will consist of three projects:

1.) NOOR Quarzazate IV (70MW)
2.) NOOR Laayoune (80MW)
3.) NOOR Boujdour (20MW)

This is the first solar PV phase of the NOOR solar plan, which has already seen three major Concentrated Solar Power projects in Quarzazate. Morocco is targeting 52 percent of its energy generation from renewable sources by 2030. It’s the only country in North Africa without significant fossil fuel reserves and imports over 90 percent of its energy.

The electricity produced by the plants using Photovoltaic technology will power thousands of homes and reduce carbon emissions by thousands of tons of CO2 equivalent emissions every year of its operation.