MASEN, the Moroccan Sustainable Energy Agency in charge of managing renewable energy projects in the country, has selected a consortium of EDF Renewables (France), Masdar (United Arab Emirates) and Green Energy of Africa (Morocco) to design, construct and operate the 800 MW Noor Midelt 1 solar power project in the Atlas mountains.
The project will consist of solar PV and CSP technologies and will have a 5 hour storage capacity. The MAD 7.57bn (US$780m) project should be financed by European Investment Bank, the German Bank KfW, the French Development Agency, the European Commission, the World Bank, the African Development Fund and the Clean Technology Fund. It is expected to generate power at a cost of MAD 0.68/kWh (US$7c/kWh). Construction will start in the autumn 2019 and the project should be operational in 2022.
Morocco expects to reach over 52% of installed power capacity from renewable energy sources by 2030. In 2018, it had 1,770 MW of hydropower capacity, 1,220 MW of wind capacity and 714 MW of solar capacity, i.e. 34% of its total 10,820 MW installed capacity.
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