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
Sensors dotted around the farm are measuring moisture and salinity of the soil and combining this with real time weather data and satellite images. so, it helps you collect data and different depths. once the data is collected, we have our own a! models that we have developed and thanks to these models and our agronomic knowledge, we send recommendations to farmers. this information is mapped, showing samir which trees are in greatest need of water in real time. so, you use this phone to help show you everything. and i would imagine, in places like morocco that are having drought issues at the moment, saving water is important. of course. it helps them save water, but not only that, it also helps them to optimise their use and get good quality. data also helps farmers to decide where to put