- 6 consortiums and a single company have been prequalified for the 400-megawatt solar PV power project with storage
- The Noor Midelt II project consists of a 400-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant with battery storage of two hours.
Morocco’s renewable energy development company Masen announced on Monday the list of prequalified companies and consortiums to design, finance, build, operate and maintain Noor Midelt II, the second project within the Noor Midelt solar complex in Central Morocco.
Masen announced in a French language press statement that the Noor Midelt II project consists of a 400-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant with battery storage of two hours.
The list of prequalified companies is as follows:
- Consortium of COBRA Servicios, Communicaciones y Energia and COBRA Instalaciones y Servicios from Spain
- Consortium of France’s EDF Renouvelables and the UAE’s Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
- Consortium of Italy’s Enel Green Power and Morocco’s TAQA Morocco
- Consortium of Spain’s Iberdrola Renovables International, China’s Dongfang Electric International Corporation, and Morocco’s GAIA Project
- Consortium of Belgium’s International Power and Morocco’s NAREVA Holding
- Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power
The 800MW Noor Midelt I project, which began operations in 2022, uses solar PV (600MW) and concentrated solar power (200MW) technology. A consortium made up of Masdar, EDF Renewables, and Green of Africa was given the project by Masen in May 2019.
Morocco has set an ambitious goal of having 52 percent of its electricity come from renewable sources by 2030. The nation’s operational renewable energy capacity from wind, hydroelectric, and solar projects was 4,109MW at the end of 2021.