The €100m ($110m) Tangier onshore turbine blade plant – which was first flagged up in reports late last year – is due to start operations in spring 2017.

A consortium led by local group Nareva that also includes Siemens and Italian developer Enel Green Power (EGP) was today confirmed as the winner of the country's 850MW wind tender.

The consortium has preferred bidder status to build five wind farms in the country at a cost of about €1bn, said EGP.

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