From Morocco, ONEE, Masen, Nareva Holding Group and Enel Green Power have signed contracts for the planned 300-MW Boujdour wind farm. The signing took place on November 19.
The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy "MASEN" and the private developer of the 850 MW Integrated Wind Project, made up of the Nareva Holding Group (Morocco) and Enel Green Power ( Italy)) proceeded, this Tuesday November 19, 2019 in Rabat, with the signing of Contracts for the 300 MW Boujdour wind farm.
The Contracts were signed by Mr. Abderrahim EL HAFIDI, General Manager of ONEE, Mr. Mustapha BAKKOURY, Chief Executive Officer of MASEN and by the Project Company "Boujdour Wind Farm. "The Boujdour wind farm, with an installed capacity of 300 MW, is located about 7 km northeast of the city of Boujdour (Boujdour Province) and will mobilize an investment of about 4 billion dirhams. It is the second park under the country’s planned 850 MW Integrated Wind Project 850 MW. Commissioning is planned from 2021.
The 850 MW Integrated Wind Project consists of five wind farms: Midelt – 180 MW, Boujdour – 300 MW, Jbel Lahdid – Essaouira – 200 MW, Tiskrad – Tarfaya – 100 MW, and Tangier II – 70 MW is an important component of the national energy strategy, which aims to reach 52% of renewable energy installed by 2030.
Developed in the context of private electricity generation, the "Nareva Holding – Enel Green Power" group, associated with the wind turbine manufacturer "Siemens Gamesa Renewables (Germany)", won in 2016 the call for international offers for the development, design, financing, construction and operation and maintenance of the 850 MW Integrated Wind Project. This Structuring Project has also enabled the emergence of a Moroccan wind industry, notably through the establishment in Tangier by the aforementioned manufacturer of a blade production plant with an annual capacity of approximately 600 units (ie equivalent of more than 600 MW / year).
The overall projected electricity output of the 850 MW Integrated Wind Project will save around 2,380,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, which would equate the consumption of a city the size of Casablanca