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
But you never know. we re sailing along the 3km breakwater to see how these waves can generate power. located where mediterranean and atlantic waters meet, the rising sea floor creates powerful internal swells, even beneath a calm surface. does it usually get rougher or is it more choppy than this? yeah, today, unfortunately for us, eh, not a lot of energy! it s a good day for me and my seasickness! but even today s small surf activates the mechanics. 0ur wave beat technology is based on a free float. 0k. ..that is following the level of the water. ok, so, like, we re moving up and down here, that s moving up and down, as well? exactly. the conversion of energy from the vertical movement to the electricity don t take a lot of steps. 0k. yeah. so the efficiency is better. so this feels like a very simple