The €450m ($600m) development, which will be made up of 131 Siemens SW-2.3-101 turbines, is due to be completed by the end of 2014.

“Electricity demand growth in Morocco has averaged 6% per year since 1998 and will continue to grow in the next 20 years," says Clare Rhodes-James, project director at UK engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald, which is providing technical advice to lenders during construction and operational phases. 

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