EDF and Mitsui lined up for 150MW Morocco wind project

A consortium comprising France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF-EN) and Japanese trading house Mitsui has been named preferred bidder for Morocco’s 150MW Taza wind project, gaining a key toehold in a market set to add at least 2GW by the end of the decade.

Morocco’s national electricity office (ONE) chose EDF-EN and Mitsui over two other formidable short-listed consortia – one comprising Enel Green Power and Abu Dhabi’s national energy company Taqa, and the other International Power and Nareva Holding, which is effectively owned by the Moroccan royal family.

EDF-EN says it will use 50 Alstom 3MW turbines for the Taza project, located east of Fes, and that it will subcontract at least 30% of the construction work to local companies.

After building the project, EDF-EN and Mitsui will operate the wind farm under a…

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