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It looks pretty impressive in satellite imagery [1]. Does anyone know what the black and green rectangles at the southern end are? Heat storage? Also, there is

It looks pretty impressive in satellite imagery [1]. Does anyone know what the black and green rectangles at the southern end are? Heat storage? Also, there is what appears to be more land immediately to the north that has been leveled - presumably for more arrays. [1] https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Centrale+solaire+Noor+1+Ouarzazate/@31.0088322,-6.8681505,2811m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x6df7ea01fb587594!8m2!3d31.0092101!4d-6.8623352 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Centrale+solaire+Noor+1+...

sooper 10y ago
It looks like they're water storage ponds. Cut from the Wiki[1] article "Water consumption for the Ouarzazate Noor complex is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million m3 per year for one wet- cooling project (Noor I) and two dry – cooling projects (Noor II and III) and due to the need to regularly clean the reflectors." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Solar_Power_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Solar_Power_Station