Here is one of the solutions to the climate crisis.
If you covered only eight percent of the Sahara's area with solar power, it could supply the entire world's energy needs.
Here is Africa's tallest tower, 246 meters high, it can be seen from several miles away.
The dazzling light is barely visible.
The Noor solar power plant is so large that it can be seen from space, it occupies 3,000 hectares in Ourarzazate, the gateway to the Sahara desert.
The technology is the latest, concentrated solar power that can both capture and store solar energy.
7,000 huge mirrors stand in circles and reflect the sunlight towards the highest part of the tower.
This in turn heats up salt which stores the heat thermally.
Thanks to this, electricity can be delivered around the clock, not just when the sun is shining.
Noor, which means "light" in Arabic, also houses solar cell plants, the plant supplies a total of 2.3 million inhabitants with electricity.
The capacity is 582 megawatts.
- We will be a green energy bridge between Africa and Europe.
I am passionately convinced that the future is based on energy highways, where we connect our electricity networks with Europe, both practically and virtually, says Morocco's new energy minister Leyla Benali to SVT.
Agreement already ready
Her plans are anything but modest.
Morocco is going to be a great power, but unlike the neighboring states that are investing in oil exports, Morocco is investing in green energy.
There is already an electric cable drawn to Spain with a capacity of 1400 megawatts.
An agreement with Portugal has just been signed to lay another cable and negotiations are underway with the United Kingdom to export green electricity.
Morocco is one of the world's most prominent countries in terms of climate policy and is on track to reach its goal of 52 percent renewable energy.
One reason is that you are affected by the climate crisis, with recurring droughts, but just as much it is about money.
The country has been completely dependent on imports of oil and gas, a dependence they wanted to break.
Now you see great opportunities to instead make money, both on energy exports but also sell emission rights within the framework of the Paris Agreement.