UAE – Mubasher: The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) has awarded the tender for the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the Noor Midelt Phase 1 multi-technologies solar power plant to a consortium of EDF renewables, Masdar, and Green of Africa.
The 800 megawatts plant will be the world’s first advanced hybridisation of concentrated solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) technologies, according to a company statement released on Thursday.
“Masdar is honoured to leverage its global expertise and experience in CSP and PV technologies as part of the consortium chosen to develop the Noor Midelt Phase 1 multi-technologies solar power plant,” chief executive officer of Masdar, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, said.
Upon its completion, Noor Midelt Phase 1 plant will provide dispatchable solar energy during the day and until five hours after the sunset, with low tariffs.
"EDF Renewables is proud to be part of a consortium which will significantly contribute to the Kingdom of Morocco's visionary objectives to produce 52 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030,” chief executive officer of EDF Renewables, Bruno Bensasson, commented.
Located 20 kilometres north of the town of Midelt in central Morocco, the construction of the new plant is expected to start by the end of 2019 and deliver the first electricity to the grid in 2022.
