After years of delays, Noor Midelt I is finally entering its construction phase. A China Energy consortium will build this extensively redesigned Moroccan plant, which will now combine 630 megawatts of photovoltaic solar power with a gigantic battery system.
Chinese manufacturer Hongsheng Huayuan has just added Morocco to its commercial map. China’s leading supplier of electric pylons has announced the arrival of its products on the Moroccan market, a first for which it has not yet disclosed either the client or the project.
Gas volumes transported from Spain to Morocco fell sharply in the second half of August. The nearly one-third decline came after the summer peak in electricity consumption, while the Kingdom remains dependent on Spanish infrastructure to import its LNG.
The National Railway Office has launched a 104 million dirham tender for the connection of three electrical substations, a major technical step for the extension of the high-speed line to Marrakech.
The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) plans to build a 990 megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in northern Morocco at the Alwahda site near a pipeline that the kingdom has been using since 2023 to import natural gas from Spanish terminals.
The authorities of Ouazzane have decided to open an administrative investigation to put an end to the recurrent theft of electricity in the villages of the province, which causes enormous damage to the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) and the inhabitants of the region.
Changes at the head of five public institutions in Morocco. King Mohammed VI proceeded on Saturday to appoint new general directors to the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy, the National Highways Company of Morocco (ADM), the National Airports Authority (ONDA) and the National Ports Agency.
The regional services of the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) have deprived three douars (villages) in the commune of Bni Leit, in the province of Tétouan, of electricity, thus causing difficulties for the inhabitants during this Ramadan period.
Economic operators who continued to charge service fees to their customers when paying bills electronically have stopped this practice, the Competition Council announced on Tuesday.
In Tangier, the street cleaning by tanker trucks of the company Mecomar, in charge of the city’s cleanliness, in this context of water stress and especially heavy rains, has outraged the residents.
Several villages in the province of Chefchaouen have been in the dark and without water since Friday, when gusts of wind hit the region, damaging power lines and poles.
The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), Nareva Holding, a subsidiary of the Moroccan royal family group, Al Mada and GE Renova, from the American conglomerate General Electric (GE), are committing to invest in an innovative green hydrogen project.