The solar thermal plant at Ouarzazate will harness the Sun’s warmth to melt salt, which will hold its heat to power a steam turbine in the evening.
The first phase will generate for three hours after dark; the last stage aims to supply power 20 hours a day.
It is part of Morocco’s pledge to get 42% of its electricity generation from renewables by 2020.
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We are still waiting for an update on finalising the lease for the shop but we’re hoping to bring you some good news very soon.
In the meantime if anyone out there can help us to source the following items we’d be very grateful!
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From the team at Tamar Energy Community, we would like to wish you a great New Year and we hope you enjoyed a relaxed Christmas. Your support over the past year has been greatly appreciated and we look forward to this continuing throughout 2016.
In this months newsletter find out how you can help us to get the Tavistock Town Shop up and running, read about a solar array bond offer at Portworthy that you can invest in, and get an update on recently announced changes to the Feed In Tariff (FIT).
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