GE Renewable Energy and Nareva to build 200 MW Aftissat onshore wind farm extension in Morocco

Specifications:

Name:

GE Renewable Energy and Nareva to build 200 MW Aftissat onshore wind farm extension in Morocco

Location:

Morocco

Company:

GE Renewable Energy

Estimated Cost:

-

Source:

https://www.ge.com/

Introduction:

GE Renewable Energy has been selected by Energie Eolienne du Maroc (EEM), a leading developer of wind projects and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nareva Holding, to supply 40 onshore wind turbines for the 200 MW Aftissat onshore wind farm extension in Morocco.

Features:

EEM will operate the Cypress turbines at 5.0 MW, with a rotor diameter of 158m. GE's scope of work also includes a 20-year full-service contract.

The project is expected to start operations in 2023 and is intended to support industrial companies under power purchase agreements, in line with Morocco’s goal to install 52% of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

This marks the first order in Morocco for GE's Cypress onshore wind platform, the company's largest onshore wind turbine in the field, and GE's largest Cypress wind farm in the Middle East & Africa region.

This also adds up to GE Renewable Energy’s 287 MW of installed base and backlog in Morocco, which includes the 200 MW Akhfenir wind farm that Nareva and GE have built together in 2016.