my innovation journey starts inland, south of morocco s major cities and mighty atlas mountains, just north of the sahara desert, near the quiet outpost of ouarzazate. this part of saharan morocco is known as the door of the desert. the landscape out here, it s almost like it s from another world. feels like we could be on mars. these plains receive three times the sun as parts of northern europe. ..and are home to a world leading project of staggering scale. this is noor, a solar power station, putting morocco at the forefront of pioneering renewable technology. i m used to feeling small, but this makes me feel even smaller. hello, abed, salam. hello, my friend, salam. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. this is incredible! and lots of sun. lots of sun, yeah. which is what we want for something like this. yeah. this is not an ordinary solarfield. panels with over 7,000 mirrors follow the sun. and i can hear lots of sounds at the moment. it s quite eerie. is that the pan
Which can hit 199mph. i m hurtling north on the 200 mile al boraq line to the port city, tangier. located on the strait of gibraltar, a stone s throw from spain, this is a hub of maritime industry. the water looks quite calm, which is very good because i m about to get much, much closer. tangermed is the biggest port in africa and one of the largest in the world. and being this close to all of these containers and these huge ships, you really get a sense of that scale. i m meeting another sustainable energy startup, rather aptly named wave beat. taha, lovely to meet you. hello, paul. here, the harbour wall itself is being put to work. well, hopefully, i won t fall in,