What will be the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world has just been switched on in Ourrzazate, Morocco. Sitting right on the edge of the Saharan desert across thousands of acres is the Noor complex solar plant.

The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate will see a giant thermal energy solar plant opened next month as a part of the nation’s pledge to reach 42 per cent renewable energy capacity by 2020.

We have been covering the famous, world-record-holding solar-powered airplane known as the Solar Impulse for years — from its birth, to its first flight (video at bottom of post), to its first 24-hour flight, to its first international flight, to its plans for an around-the-world journey in 2014.