US Ambassador visits the city of the 7th art

The American Ambassador to Morocco, Dwight L. Bush, paid a visit to Ouarzazate during which he visited the city's solar complex project, the Atlas Corporation film studios, as well as the set of the American-German film "The Red Tent". The Ambassador of the United States of America visited the site of the Ouarzazate solar complex project, managed by the "Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy" (Masen). With a capacity of 160 MW, this project is the first in a series of several power plants that will total a capacity of 2,000 MW by 2020. It is part of the Moroccan Solar Plan (MSP) launched in 2009. During the American diplomat's talks with Saleh Benyettou, governor of the province, emphasis was placed in particular on the strengthening of the excellent and centuries-old bilateral relations between Morocco and the United States. In this context, the governor invited the American ambassador to w…