The Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (Iresen) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with SNC-Lavalin, Mithras Energies Maroc (Mem), and Transpacific Energy (TPE) for the implementation of an integrated partnership around solar thermodynamic technology (CSP) with ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) in Morocco on the Benguérir site, through the development, optimization, and installation of a 1MW tri-generation pilot project (electricity, heat, and cold) with a capacity adaptable to industrial needs. For the realization of this first CSP project with ORC in Africa, Iresen, in collaboration with a major industry player in Morocco, has brought together academic and industrial skills for the development of decentralized electricity and heat production projects from compact and modular concentrated solar thermodynamic systems using an ORC turbine and for the implementation of the necessary infrastructure, indicates an Iresen statement received Sunday by MAP. In this context, the first milestone has already been set with the creation of the first Moroccan company for the design and assembly of parabolic trough collectors and the installation of solar fields, Mithras Energies Maroc by Mithras Holding Germany and Energy Innovation Maroc. This pilot project will constitute a research platform and will serve to implement several research and development activities applied to this technology such as storage, power plant regulation, heat transfer fluids as well as organic fluids, etc., emphasizes the same source, specifying that the cooperative work will allow for the development of local expertise in the field of solar thermal energy and engineering systems and will allow for a transfer of knowledge and know-how. Several Moroccan universities and national and international research centers will be involved throughout the duration of the project (45 months), indicated in this regard Badr Ikken, Director General of Iresen. The project will also allow for the evaluation of opportunities for the implementation of a local supply chain for the components of the parabolic trough collector system (CSP) with ORC, and the installation of a glass assembly and processing plant. The ORC technology allows for the decentralized generation of electricity and heat, and offers as main advantages: zero water consumption, efficiency weakly influenced by the power plant's load level, a simple, compact, and hermetic design allowing for the rapid installation of the power block, and remote control of the power plant significantly reducing construction and operating costs.