Clemessy Morocco equips the Noor II and Noor III solar power plants

20.12.2016

As part of the completion of the new Noor and Noor III phases of the Moroccan solar plan in Ouerzazate, Clemessy Morocco and RMT, working on behalf of MASEN (Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy) and the Saudi industrialist Acwa Power, are starting three new projects.
It is worth noting that Noor II is a solar power plant based on concentrated solar power (CSP) technology, with a capacity of 200 MW and which uses parabolic trough collectors with a molten salt thermal storage system for 7.2 hours.

As for Noor III, it is a 150 MW solar power plant based on CSP technology, using central tower plant technology with a molten salt storage capacity of 8 hours.
The work done by Clemessy Morocco and RMT for the two Noor II and Noor III power plants relates to:

• The two plants’ 225 kV electrical evacuation substations
• The two 225 kV electrical substations for interconnection with the ONEE substation
• The 225 kV overhead line for interconnection between the two thermal power plants and the ONEE substation
• The 6.6 kV underground network linking the 225 kV evacuation substations to the 225kV substations providing interfaces with the ONEE electrical substations

When it comes to the Noor III power plant, the two subsidiaries will also implement the trough collectors’ internal interconnection network, i.e.

• opening and closing trenches (over 140 km)
• pulling and laying cables (over 1,000 km)
• the work involved in connecting the pedestals’ electrical boxes (trough collectors)

The work is scheduled to end in January 2017.