Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 21
Date: April 15, 2016
Article: Let the Sun Shine!
Author: Glenn Greenberg
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Questions
1. In what country is the city of Ouarzazate?
2. What is the name of the city's power station?
3. What does noor mean in Arabic?
4. How many solar power plants does the Government of Morocco plan to build?
5. What is the cost of building the 3 power plants?
6. By when do they plan to have all 3 power plants?
7. Do solar power plants stop working and not store the sun's energy when there's no sunlight?
8. What do the mirrors do in the solar power plant?
9. What heats up the liquid that is mixed with water?
10. How is steam created?
11. What powers engines in the solar power plant that produce electricity?
12. After the sun goes down, how long does the power plant, Noor 1, continue to produce power?
13. What is the goal of the Moroccan Government in hours per day for the plant to be operational?
14. What is the goal of the Moroccan Government for the power plant to store power per day after sunset?
15. Does Morocco have oil or gas of its own?
16. If Morocco gets 97% of its energy from other countries, what is your best guess the percentage it produces on its own?
17. How many hours of sunlight does Morocco get per year?
18. Who is Hakima El Haite?
19. How will Morocco get its independence or freedom from having to buy oil and gas from other countries?
20. What will help Morocco reduce gases that pollute the environment?
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate
http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=270
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/africa/ouarzazate-morocco-solar-plant/
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 21
Date: April 15, 2016
Article: Let the Sun Shine!
Author: Glenn Greenberg
U-$0.33-B-0.006065-BE-55
Go to Answer Key
Go to Directory
Questions
1. In what country is the city of Ouarzazate?
2. What is the name of the city's power station?
3. What does noor mean in Arabic?
4. How many solar power plants does the Government of Morocco plan to build?
5. What is the cost of building the 3 power plants?
6. By when do they plan to have all 3 power plants?
7. Do solar power plants stop working and not store the sun's energy when there's no sunlight?
8. What do the mirrors do in the solar power plant?
9. What heats up the liquid that is mixed with water?
10. How is steam created?
11. What powers engines in the solar power plant that produce electricity?
12. After the sun goes down, how long does the power plant, Noor 1, continue to produce power?
13. What is the goal of the Moroccan Government in hours per day for the plant to be operational?
14. What is the goal of the Moroccan Government for the power plant to store power per day after sunset?
15. Does Morocco have oil or gas of its own?
16. If Morocco gets 97% of its energy from other countries, what is your best guess the percentage it produces on its own?
17. How many hours of sunlight does Morocco get per year?
18. Who is Hakima El Haite?
19. How will Morocco get its independence or freedom from having to buy oil and gas from other countries?
20. What will help Morocco reduce gases that pollute the environment?
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate
http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=270
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/africa/ouarzazate-morocco-solar-plant/
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