Actually, the Wikipedia article[1] says it ("Noor 1") costs $3.9 billion, and produce 125 to 160 MW. That is $24/W to $31/W. That is horrible. For cleaning the

Actually, the Wikipedia article[1] says it ("Noor 1") costs $3.9 billion, and produce 125 to 160 MW. That is $24/W to $31/W. That is horrible. For cleaning the reflectors, it apparently uses 23 times as much water as a dry cooled coal power station. It makes me sad to think that money and resources are being spent so inefficiently, in a country where the GDP per capita is $3k/year. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_solar_power_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_solar_power_station