Comments on: Morocco’s new Solar Project to Generate 2000MWs

By: do

do — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:12:11 +0000

FREE means paradise for the masses but also means lack of control for those who need, despise, deceive and misguide the masses.

By: Captain Mark

Captain Mark — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:27:56 +0000

I think my point was taken off to the left a bit. From the moment we wake up here in America we are using some power. That remote control you pick up ,where was that battery made? That solar panel? That was my point. We are only going to consume more power here and we need to manufacture ways of making as well as storing it here in the U.S.A. That is what EXXON and SHELL and those types are supposed to be working on energy, not just oil. As far as the mid-eastern peoples fighting with each other, they’ve been at it for so long that the only real reason for them to still be at it is to support arms dealers. Whomever was originally mad at each other had to have died by now.

By: van kaas

van kaas — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:44:35 +0000

Morocco illegally annexed 4/5 of Western Sahara and they have build a military berm of about 1500 mile in the deserted area to defend their theft. The Moroccan plan for solar power is a way to make western companies complicit. This is not about sustainability of the environment but of their occupation.

The Western Sahara surely knows “green footprints” as these were left, together with millions of landmines, during the Green March, the Islamic inspired war against the original people of the land who are called the Saharawi.

By: sunny

sunny — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:34:50 +0000

Really its a nice approach to overcome the energy problems as well as climate change, but still there are lots of ifs and buts which the government would have to overcome.
anyway it would be a great example of excellence in the field of renewable energy and a source of example for other oil starved nations and developing countries like India.

By: Richard Fletcher

Richard Fletcher — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:19:33 +0000

I agree with the comments made by Amoline.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:05:43 +0000

Captain Mark,

The key thing here is Morocco does not have any oil. It does not have any vast global oil companies or coal conglomerates.

The economic penalty for going renewable/solar is much less than that of the US. This means until big coal and oil have exhausted their billions of investment in oilfields, well heads, pipelines , shipping, refineries the US because of its depth of technical skills and finance will continue to innovate and export.

Because Oil has installed infrastructure, it can open the spigots to reduce prices as and when renewables become competitive making it more difficult than it should be to introduce renewable technology. But it will happen.

It ain’t pretty but that’s reality

By: styke

styke — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:47:30 +0000

Nice to see them doing it. Oil saved is oil saved, no matter where it happens.

In the US, environmental groups make it hard to convert large areas of desert into solar power plants. That is much less of an issue in Morocco.

By: amoline

amoline — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:20:43 +0000

It is estimated that the amount of sunlight that the earth receives in one hour could power the ENTIRE WORLD for up to a year! Now that is a lot of power. The sun has always been the earth’s primary source of energy throughout its existence. From creating the winds and nourishing plants, to today being a solution for our own energy needs. It is truly exciting seeing countries unlocking the potential of solar. This will be all too important to install, and advance technology in this realm as the whole world tries to progress into a new energy domain.

By: Captain Mark

Captain Mark — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:07:15 +0000

Funny how we figure out how to make all this great energy saving stuff here in the US and then ship the jobs overseas. Why are all the mid eastern countries going solar and we still are so slow to take that “Free energy” Bull buy the horns? It wouldn’t hurt me not to have any power bills.