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
And is based on personal energy consumption in africa, which is the lowest in the world. 0perating round the clock, ports like this are massive energy consumers and would benefit from sustainable solutions. in one year, we ve handled over than 7 million containers. 7 million?! yes! that s a lot of containers. yes. a lot of small boxes! paul chuckles. what is the benefit, then, of working with small startups like wave beats? when you re big, it s not always easy to install and promote innovation, because innovation needs agility. it needs to be. to go fast. progressively, the port has launched its own coding school. the mission of such a school is, of course, to enrich our reservoir of digital skills and also digital entrepreneurship.