SMN- WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The World Bank on Thursday approved loans to Morocco totaling $297 million to help finance the first phase of a 500 megawatt solar power plant, among the largest in the world.
The Ouarzazate concentrated solar power plant is the first in Morocco's $9 billion solar power program, vital for a country that has no oil or gas but has an abundance of sun.
The World Bank said $200 million of the loan will come from its fund that lends to middle-income countries, and the other $97 million from a World Bank Clean Technology Fund.
(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Leslie Adler), | Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:51pm EST
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