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The Noor Solar Power Station, a large-scale concentrated solar power plant in Morocco, implemented a Social Development Plan and local content targets to benefit surrounding communities. While the project successfully created jobs and improved infrastructure, it faced challenges regarding water availability concerns and ineffective communication with local residents due to language and literacy barriers.

The Ouarzazate I CSP project achieved a final bid tariff of USD 0.184/kWh, which was 25% lower than initial projections. This reduction was driven by higher estimated annual power generation (425 GWh versus 370 GWh), lower capital costs through increased local manufacturing content (approximately 65%), and a strategic 'early-mover' approach by the winning consortium, ACWA Power. The project utilizes a public-private partnership model where the public sector assumes most political and financial risks, while the private sector manages construction and performance risks. The study concludes that the model is replicable and scalable, as evidenced by the initiation of a second phase for an additional 300MW of solar thermal energy.