Nigeria announces $5.8 billion deal for record-breaking power project

Photos: The clean energy giants powering Africa

Noor Complex Solar Power Plant, Morocco – The world's largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, called the Noor Complex, is being built in the Moroccan desert. Noor 1, the first phase of three, is located near the town of Ouarzazate on the edge of the Sahara.

It was switched on in February, 2016, and provides 160 megawatts of the project's planned 580 megawatt capacity. It's set to be completed by the end of 2018. The project is expected to provide electricity for over 1 million people.

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Photos: The clean energy giants powering Africa

Noor Complex Solar Power Plant, Morocco – Morocco has committed to increasing its share of renewable energy generation to 42% by 2020.

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Hydropower sharing – Chinese construction companies are developing a record-breaking hydropower project in Nigeria that has been compared to the world's largest hydropower plant the Three Gorges Dam (pictured) in Yichang, China.

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Photos: The clean energy giants powering Africa

Gibe III Hydroelectric Project, Ethiopia – Africa is scattered with impressive renewable energy megaprojects. Harvesting the power of the Omo River, approximately 300km south west of the capital Addis Ababa, Gibe III is one of the largest of its kind in Africa.

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Gibe III Hydroelectric Project, Ethiopia – The project has started producing energy and with all turbines switched on, it will have an outgoing power capac