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.

Interest has been revived in developing a 100mW plus solar thermal plant in Western Australia by two prominent developers. This interest in the solar tower has been re-established due to the fact that Australia’s Goldfields region is beginning to boom and more miners are looking towards clean energy, especially solar, as a means to reduce rising diesel costs.