{"id":688122,"date":"2025-08-31T01:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T22:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/morocco-tests-floating-solar-panels-to-save-water-generate-power\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T01:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T22:50:19","slug":"morocco-tests-floating-solar-panels-to-save-water-generate-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/morocco-tests-floating-solar-panels-to-save-water-generate-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af28a5a056a6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af28a5a056a6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/morocco-tests-floating-solar-panels-to-save-water-generate-power\/#%E2%80%98Pioneering\" >&#8216;Pioneering&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2020\/morocco.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2020\/morocco.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2020\/morocco.jpg\" alt=\"Morocco\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sun-baked Morocco, gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>At a major reservoir near the northern city of Tangier, thousands of so-called &#8220;floatovoltaic&#8221; panels protect the water&#8217;s surface from the blazing sun and absorb its light to generate electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities plan to power the neighboring Tanger Med port complex with the resulting energy, and if it proves a success, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> could have far wider implications for the North African kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>According to official figures, Morocco&#8217;s water reserves lost the equivalent of more than 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day to evaporation between October 2022 and September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Over that same period, temperatures averaged 1.8C higher than normal, meaning water evaporated at a higher rate.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside other factors like declining rainfall, this has reduced reservoirs nationwide to about one-third of their capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Water ministry official Yassine Wahbi said the Tangier reservoir loses around 3,000 cubic meters a day to evaporation, but that figure more than doubles in the hot summer months.<\/p>\n<p>The floating photovoltaic panels can help cut evaporation by about 30%, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The water ministry has said the floating panels represent &#8220;an important gain in a context of increasingly scarce water resources&#8221;, even if the evaporation they stop is, for now, relatively marginal.<\/p>\n<p>Assessment studies are underway for another two similar projects in Oued El Makhazine, at one of Morocco&#8217;s largest dams in the north, and in Lalla Takerkoust near Marrakesh.<\/p>\n<p>Similar technology is being tested in France, Indonesia and Thailand, while China already operates some of the world&#8217;s largest floating solar farms.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                        <!-- TechX - News - In-article --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Pioneering\"><\/span>&#8216;Pioneering&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Since the Moroccan pilot program began late last year, more than 400 floating platforms supporting several thousand panels have been installed.<\/p>\n<p>The government wants more, planning to reach 22,000 panels that would cover about 10 hectares at the 123-hectare Tangier reservoir.<\/p>\n<p>Once completed, the system would generate roughly 13 megawatts of electricity\u2014enough to power the Tanger Med complex.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also have plans to plant trees along the banks of the reservoir to reduce winds, believed to exacerbate evaporation.<\/p>\n<p>Climate <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> professor Mohammed-Said Karrouk called it a &#8220;pioneering&#8221; project.<\/p>\n<p>He noted, however, that the reservoir is too large and its surface too irregular to cover completely with floating panels, which could be damaged with fluctuating water levels.<\/p>\n<p>Official data shows water reserves fed by rainfall have fallen by nearly 75% in the past decade compared with the 1980s, dropping from an annual average of 18 billion cubic meters to only five.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco has so far mainly relied on desalination to combat shortages, producing about 320 million cubic meters of potable water a year.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities aim to expand production to 1.7 billion cubic meters yearly by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Karrouk said an urgent priority should be transferring surplus water from northern dams to regions in central and southern Morocco that are more impacted by the years-long drought.<\/p>\n<p>The kingdom already has a system dubbed the &#8220;water highway&#8221;\u2014a 67-kilometer canal linking the Sebou basin to the capital Rabat\u2014with plans to expand the network to other dams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2025 AFP\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power (2025, August 30)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 30 August 2025<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/techxplore.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2025-08-morocco-solar-panels-generate-power.html\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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