24 May 2016
http://www.wiwo.de/technologie/green/tech/rekord-in-suedafrika-solarkraftwerk-liefert-zwei-wochen-durchgehend-strom/13607978.html It is about a similar solar power plant as “noor” in Morocco: Based on Solar Thermal Technology, also with Siemens etc. Operated and built by a Saudi company ACWA Power. The name of this new power plant is Bokport. World record: It is said to deliver 20 days energy without any problem and has to replace older coal power plants.
17 May 2016: Solar thermal technologies are now at the rise. The article mentions that these systems have been in the shadow and use the argument of low prices to produce energy. http://green.wiwo.de/solarthermie-hersteller-verspricht-sonnen-strom-rund-um-die-uhr-fuer-56-cent/. If these Fresnel systems (mentioned in the article above) are pleasant to birds and maintenance persons is not mentioned.
