Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 22 | Page 27

PROJECT UPDATE MOROCCO Ouarzazate Solar Power Station (OSPS), also called Noor Power Station is a solar power complex located in the Draa-Tafilalet region in Morocco, 10km from Ouarzazate town, in the Ghessat rural council area. The project is planned to produce 580 megawatts (MW) at peak when finished and is being built in three phases and in four parts. Noor 2 CSP is being built as the second part of the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station. It will be a 200-megawatt (MW) CSP solar project using parabolic trough and with seven hours energy storage. NIGERIA Centenary City is an ambitious new project by the Nigerian Government to build a smart city along the same lines as Dubai, Monaco and Singapore. The city is to be built from scratch on a 1,260 hectare piece of land located several kilometres southeast of Abuja. The mega-project includes: Nigeria Heritage Park; 18-hole golf course; Africa Tower; The Mall of Nigeria; International Commerce Centre; The Address Residence Abuja and amusement park. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 27