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
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And elegant, yet effective solution to generate electricity because all of this energy in the water is already here. in wilder weather, this float rises and falls by up to four metres. descending 20 metres deep, this is easier to access and maintain than a device out at sea, and it s 50 times more efficient than solar in terms of the space it takes up versus its energy output. it s like we are using some space no one can. could use it. no impact. no impact on the wildlife. ..0n the environment. what do you see is the future for technology like this? if we use all the whole that you have in tangermed port, we could ensure the autonomy of a city of1 million person. 1 million people?! wow. that s a lot! this would require 145 devices, including newer, larger versions,