RABAT – Morocco's solar energy agency has selected a consortium led by Saudi International Company for Water and Power (ACWA) to build a 160-megawatt concentrated solar power plant in the south of the country, the agency said Monday. Mustafa Bakkoury, who heads the state's Solar Energy Agency (Masen), made the announcement at a press conference. ACWA has teamed up with Spanish engineering firm Aries IS and TSK EE for the design, finance, construction, operation and maintenance of the plant near the southern city of Ouarzazate. In 2009, Morocco announced a $9 billion project to build five solar plants to harness the sun's rays and produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020. – Reuters
