MOROCCO AWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF PUMPED STORAGE HYDROELECTRIC PLANT

MOROCCO AWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF PUMPED STORAGE HYDROELECTRIC PLANT

VINCI Construction company to build pumped storage hydroelectric plant in Morocco. The Moroccan government has awarded the contract to construct a US$346m pumped storage hydroelectric plant (PSP), near Agadir to a French-based company VINCI Construction company. The project which is part of the development and integration plan for renewable energies, includes execution studies, civil engineering works, supply and transfer of equipment, assembly, testing and commissioning of the station. The civil engineering works will include the excavation of two basins, the digging…

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AFDB APPROVE LOANS TO IVORY COAST AND MOROCCO FOR RENEWABLE PROJECTS

AFDB APPROVE LOANS TO IVORY COAST AND MOROCCO FOR RENEWABLE PROJECTS

Ivory coast and Morocco gets loan from AFDB for Renewable projects. The both country are set to get US $324m loan from the Africa development bank to support projects in their countries that will increase power supply and keep economic growth on track. Morocco is expected to get US $265m which will help develop two solar power plants (NOORM I and NOORM II) at a total cost of US $2.3bn with a cumulative capacity of…

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SGRE OPEN NEW ROTOR BLADE FACTORY IN MOROCCO

SGRE OPEN NEW ROTOR BLADE FACTORY IN MOROCCO

New rotor blade factory open  in Morocco that will help the country achieve its production of electricity goals and also create job opportunities. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), formerly Grupo Auxiliar Metalúrgico, is a Spanish manufacturing company principally involved in the fabrication of wind turbines and the construction of wind farms has opened a new rotor blade factor in morocco. The plant which is expected to service Africa and the Middle East with wind turbine blades that…

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MOROCCO SETS UP ECONOMIC ZONE TO BOOST COOPERATION WITH CHINA

MOROCCO SETS UP ECONOMIC ZONE TO BOOST COOPERATION WITH CHINA

Morocco seeks to build strong economic relationship with China. An economic zone has been set up in the Moroccan northern city, Fez. The economic zone is aimed at building bilateral relationship and cooperation between industries in Morocco and China. Fes-Meknes Regional Investment Center have signed a deal with China Industrial Cooperation Association, aimed at establishing an economic zone in Morocco that attracts Chinese firms to invest in fields like automobile, aviation, agriculture, health and renewable energy….

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MOROCCAN ENGINEERS READY TO TEST FASTEST TRAIN IN AFRICA

MOROCCAN ENGINEERS READY TO TEST FASTEST TRAIN IN AFRICA

50% of the fastest train project  in Africa was financed by the french and it is ready to slash journey time. Morocco country’s rail office said on Monday that engineers in there country is preparing to test the Africa world’s first high speed railway this week with trains reaching  320 kilometres (200 miles) per hour. The ONCF said that on monday along a stretch of track between the northern cities of kenitra and Tangier, one train reached 275 kph…

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