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Re:Vast solar power plant at the Moroccan desert by andyjohnson0 on Monday December 05, 2016 @04:45PM (#13109986)
It looks pretty impressive in satellite imagery [1]. Does anyone know what the black and green rectangles at the southern end are? Heat storage?

Also, there is what appears to be more land immediately to the north that has been leveled - presumably for more arrays.

[1] https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Centrale+solaire+Noor+1+...

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Re:Vast solar power plant at the Moroccan desert by sooper on Monday December 05, 2016 @05:14PM (#13110233)
It looks like they're water storage ponds. Cut from the Wiki[1] article "Water consumption for the Ouarzazate Noor complex is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million m3 per year for one wet- cooling project (Noor I) and two dry – cooling projects (Noor II and III) and due to the need to regularly clean the reflectors."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Solar_Power_Station

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