| Project Overview | |
| Power Station: | NOOR I |
| Location: | Ouarzazate |
| Drâa-Tafilalet Morocco | |
| Owners (%): | ACWA |
| Technology | Parabolic Trough |
| Solar Resource: | 2497 |
| Nominal Capacity: | 160 MW |
| Status | Operational |
| Start Year: | 2015 |
| Status Date | October 25, 2023 |
| Background | |
| Break Ground Date | 2013 |
| Expected Generation (GWh/year) | 370 |
| Lat/Long Location | 30.994,-6.863 |
| Participants | |
| Developer | ACWA |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| EPC | Acciona, Sener, TSK |
| Spain | |
| Electricity Generation Offtaker | ONE and MASEN |
| Costs | |
| Total Construction Cost (2015) | € 1042.00 million |
| Total Cost USD (2020) | $1214.26 million |
| Specific Cost/kW USD (2020) | 7589.1 |
| LCOE USD/kWh (2020) | 0.28 |
| Levelised cost of electricity with 5% weighted average cost of capital and a 25 year payback period, capacity dependent O&M (1.5% of investment cost per year), deflated from Year_operational using the Worldbank’s GDP deflator; if station under development or construction then not deflated (assumed cost year 2020) | |
| Remuneration MAD/kWh | 1.62 |
| Remuneration Start Year | 2015 |
| Remuneration USD/kWh Deflated (2020) | 0.18 |
| PPA or Tariff Period (Years) | 25 |
| Support Scheme Type | PPA |
| Concessional Funding or Other Support | Loans: €168 million African Development Bank (AfDB); €70 million Clean Technology Fund (CTF)/AfDB; €140 million World Bank; €68 million CTF/World Bank; €100 million EIB; €100 million AFD; €100 million KfW. Grants: €30 million NIF; €266 million MASEN |
| Plant Configuration | |
| Solar Field | |
| Solar Field Aperture Area (m²) | 1308000 |
| Collector/Heliostat Manufacturer | Sener |
| Spain | |
| Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner | Sener |
| Spain | |
| Collector/Heliostat Model | SenerTrough |
| Mirror Manufacturer | Flabeg |
| Germany | |
| Mirror Model | RP3 |
| Solar Field (Receiver) | |
| Receiver Working Fluid | Biphenyl/Diphenyl oxide: Dowtherm A |
| Receiver Working Fluid Category | Thermal oil/organics |
| Working Fluid Manufacturer | Dow |
| Solar Field or Receiver Inlet Temperture (C) | 293°C |
| Solar Field or Receiver Outlet Temperture (C) | 393°C |
| Receiver Manufacturer | Schott |
| Germany | |
| Receiver Model | PTR 70 |
| Power Block | |
| Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity | 160 MW |
| Turbine Manufacturer | Siemens |
| Germany | |
| Turbine Model | SST- 700/900 |
| Power Cycle | Steam Rankine |
| Cooling Type | Wet |
| Thermal Energy Storage | |
| Storage Type | 2-tank indirect |
| Storage Capacity (Hours) | 3 |
| Storage Description | Molten Salt |
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