The Moroccan National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) has commissioned the 270 MW Jbel Lahdid wind project in the province of Essaouira (Eastern Morocco). The project is located in the Essaouira-Safi national road, and it consists of 54 turbines, each with a capacity of 5 MW. The Jbel Lahdid wind project is expected to generate approximately 952 GWh/year of clean energy, enough to supply the electricity consumption of a city with a population of 1.2 million people and reduce about 580 ktCO2/year. The wind project is a public-private partnership between ONEE, Nareva Holding, and Enel Green Power, with a total investment of approximately MAD3.25bn (US$330m).
By 2030, Morocco aims to reach 4 GW of solar capacity and 2.2 GW of wind capacity. Morocco aims to raise the share of renewables in the power mix to 52% in 2030 (12% from hydropower and 20% each for solar and wind) and 80% by 2050. At the end of 2023, Morocco had a total installed capacity of 11 GW, of which 14% came from wind (1.5 GW); wind accounted for 13% of the power mix in 2022.
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