Wind Energy in Morocco

Resources, Projects & Laws

Presented by

M. Mustapha ENZILI
Responsible of Wind Department
Renewable Energy Development Center (CDER - Morocco)

International Workshop on Wind Energy Development

Cairo, Egypt
March 22 - 24, 2010

Summary

Overview of Electricity Sector in Morocco

Energy sector in 2008 & 2020
Renewable Energy in Morocco in 2020
Electricity sector in Morocco
Laws about Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency in
Morocco
Self-producers wind programme
Wind Energy Potential in Morocco
Feasibility studies of windfarms
Windfarms installed in Morocco
Windfarms programmed (2010-2012)
Conclusion

Overview of Electricity Sector

in Morocco

Energy Sector in Morocco in 2008

In Morocco, conventional energy resources are limited, the
country depends almost totally from the outside for its
energy supply (97 %)
71 Milliards DH for imports of energy products in 2008
(6.2 Milliards Euro)
Annual average consumption growth of electricity : 7.5 %
Total Power plant
: 5292 MW
- Thermal Power plant
: 3449 MW
- Hydraulic Power plant : 1729 MW
- Wind Farms
: 114 MW (+20 MW in 2008,
+119 MW in 2009)

Energy Sector in Morocco in 2020

40
35
30
25
2008
2020

20
15
10
5
0
Coal

N. Gas

Fuel

Hydro

Wind

Solar

Nuclear

- Total Power plant in 2020

: 14580 MW
- The part of installed capacity of renewable energy will
represent 42% of total electric installed capacity by
the year 2020

Renewable Energy in Morocco in 2020

In 2020, the total installed electrical capacity in Morocco will

be 14580 MW (5292 MW in 2008).
The part of installed capacity of renewable energy will
represent 42% of total electric installed capacity & more
than 20 % of the consumption of electricity by
the year 2020 :
- 14 % from Wind about 2000 MW
- 14 % from Solar Power Plants about 2000 MW
- 14 % from Hydro about 2000 MW.

Generation of Electricity in Morocco

Electricity Consumption

: 24004 GWh (2008)

Electricity Production

: 20307 GWh (2008)

@Thermal Production
: 18648.7 GWh (75.90 %)
@ Hydraulic Production
:
916.2 GWh (3.72 %)
@ Hydraulic Production (STEP) :
443.7 GWh (1.80 %)
@ Wind
:
298.3 GWh (1.21 %)
@ Import from Spain
: 4261.4 GWh (17.34 %)

Electricity sector in Morocco

Production of Electricity in Morocco :
- ONE (National Utility of Electricity)
- Private producers (BOT) after call of tenders
Transmission : ONE has a monopoly of transmission of
electricity. ONE is the single buyer of electricity from IPPs
Distribution : ONE + Governmental companies +
Private Companies in big cities
Price of electricity fixed by Government
Now, No Feed-in-tariff for Renewables Energies

Laws about Renewable Energy &

Energy Efficiency in Morocco
Four new Laws about renewable energy and energy
efficiency are adopted in Morocco in January/February 2010 :
Law 13-09 to promote renewable energy. This new law
would modify the existing Decree of 1968 establishing ONE,
by authorising the production of electricity from renewable
sources by persons other than ONE.
Law 16-09 about new agency ADEREE for renewable energy
and energy efficiency. This law would replace the law 26-80
that created in 1982 CDER (Renewable Energy Development
Center)

Laws about Renewable Energy &

Energy Efficiency in Morocco
Law 57.09 about new agency MASEN (Moroccan Agency for
Solar Energy) : Installation of 5 Solar Power Plants by 2020
with a total capacity of 2000 MW
New Law about energy efficiency is adopted by the
Government in february 2010 for :
Identifying throuth technical analysis the potential for
saving & prioritizing the sectors with hightest potential
Defining policy interventions to promote energy
efficiency e.g fiscal, financial incentives & regulations
Law 16-08 (12 June 2008) for self-generation by industrial
sites from 10 MW to 50 MW.

EnergiPro Programme
(Self-Producers wind programme)
Self-producers : Production & consumption of Electricity by
Industrials in the same site of the factory or in others sites.
Taxes of transport :
- 6 cDH/kWh (0.5 c/kWh) until 2011
- 8 cDH/kWh (0.7 c/kWh) from 2012
ONE Tariffs for industrials (Included Taxes) :
- Peak load time (17H@22H) : 1.3010DH/kWh(11.3 c)
- Normal time (22H @07H) : 0.9179DH/kWh(7.98 c)
- Off-Peak time (7H @ 17H) : 0.5649 DH/kWh(4.91 c)
Price to sell Extra energy to grid : 70 % of ONE-Tariffs
Guaranty of Electricity to industrials in each time from ONE
Wind Farms Programmed by self-producers until 2012 :
1000 MW

Wind Energy Potential in

Morocco

Wind Energy Potential in Morocco

Morocco has an excellent wind potential mainly in the North
& in the South :
- Essaouira, Tangier & Tetouan with an annual average
between 9.5 & 11 m/s at 40 meters.
- Tarfaya, Taza & Dakhla with an annual average
between 7.5 m/s & 9.5 m/s at 40 meters.
Wind Potential of Morocco :
Total Potential
: 7936 TWh/year (2645 GW)
Technical Potential : 4896 TWh/year (1632 GW)
Wind Atlas of Morocco published in 1986, 1995 and
updated in 2008.
More than 50 measurements stations installed by CDER
between 1990 & 2009
New wind atlas in preparation with more resolution

Wind Energy Potential of Morocco

(Results of study - July 2007)
Total
Potential

Technical Estimated
Potential capacity
to install
in 2010

2,645,310
MW

1,632,030
MW

563
MW

7,936 TWh

4,896 TWh

1.9 TWh

Estimated Estimated
capacity
capacity
to install
to install
in 2012
in 2020
1,065
3,258
MW
MW

Potential estimated to be installed :

- until 2012 : 1000 MW to 2000 MW
- until 2020 : 4000 MW to 7000 MW

3.4 TWh

9.9 TWh

Wind Resource Map of Morocco

Feasibility studies of Wind Farms

in Morocco

Feasibility studies of windfarms

Choice of sites
Wind measurement (minimum one year)
Micro-siting (Configuration of windturbines in site)
Production estimation
Economic & Financial feasibility
Civil Work study
Grid integration study
Impact Environmental (Impact of the project around the
site, Visual impact, Noise, Photomontage & Carbon Credit)

Wind measurement station

near Tangier (North of Morocco)

Equipments of wind measurement stations

Measurement station of 60 meters :

- 3 or 4 positions of anemometers
- 2 positions of windvane

GSM system for transmission of data

Equipments of wind measurement stations :

- Anemometers
- Pressure, temperature & humidity
- Dataloggers with a capacity of one year of data
Measurement of data for one year minimum

Complex terrain in the north of Morocco

Desert terrain in the south of Morocco

Frequency Distribution

Direction Distribution

Wind Farms in Morocco

Wind Farm of 50 MW
(El Koudia El Baida -Tetouan)
Power

: 50 MW (84 Vestas 600 kW)

Start production

: 8/2000

Production

: 200 GWh/year (Average)

Wind measurement : CDER

Operator

: CED (EDF-Paribas-Germa/France)
(selled to Theolia/France in 12/2007)
BOT for 20 years

Average wind speed : - 10 m/s (at 40 meters)

- 11 m/s (at 40 meters)
in the best location in the site

Wind Farm 50 MW
(El Koudia El Baida -Tetouan)

Wind Farm 60 MW
Cap SIM (Essaouira)
Power

: 60 MW

Windturbines

: 71 Gamesa (G52-850 kW)

Start production

: 04/2007

Production estimated

: 210 GWh/year

Avearage wind speed (40 m) : 9.45 m/s

Wind measurements

: CDER

Operator

: ONE

Project Cost

: 800 millions DH
(72 Millions Euro)

Wind Farm 60 MW
Cap SIM (Essaouira)

Wind Farm 140 MW

Tangier
Power

: 140 MW

Windturbines

: 165 Gamesa (850 kW)

Start production

: 04/2009 (107 MW)

Production estimated

: 526,5 GWh/year

Average wind speed (40 m) : 9 m/s

Wind measurements

: CDER

Operator

: ONE

Project Cost

: 2875 millions DH
(250 Millions Euro)

Wind Farm 140 MW

Tangier

Wind Farm 32 MW
Lafarge (Cements Factory of Tetouan)
Power

Start production
Production estimated

: 32 MW
- 10 MW (12 * 850 kW in 09/2005)
- 10 MW (5 * 2 MW in 09/2008)
- 12 MW (6 * 2 MW in 06/2009)
: 9/2005
: 115 GWh/year (2009)

Wind energy Production : - For use in the neigbouring

cement factory in Tetouan
- To transmit any electricity not
consumed there to its other
productions sites elsewhere in
the country (Casablanca), via
the ONE grid
- Extra energy selled to ONE-grid
Project Cost
: 496 millions DH (44 MEuro)

Wind Farm 32 MW
Lafarge (Cements Factory of Tetouan)

Wind Farms Programmed (2010-2012)

Objective of the Government : 18 % of consumption of
electricity from Renewable
Energy (included Hydro) in 2012
Wind Farms Programmed
: 1333 MW until 2012
Wind Farms installed
: 253 MW
Projects programmed :
- Wind Farm 140 MW (Tangier) : - Start production of 107 MW
in April 2009
- In construction 33 MW
(April 2010)
- Wind Farm 300 MW (Tarfaya) : BOT (Call of tenders,
selection in 2010)
- 200 MW (September 2011)
- 100 MW (October 2012)
- Self-producers projects
: 1000 MW (2010-2012)

Conclusion

Morocco has an excellent wind potential

National Energy Priorities & Strategy :
- 18 % of consumption of electricity from Renewable
Energy in 2012 & more than 20 % in 2020.
- Energy efficiency; 15% reduction in consumption by 2020
Some new Laws & regulatory framework about
Renewables Energies & Energy Efficiency adopted by the
Government in January/February 2010

Renewable Energy Development Center (CDER)

Thank you for your Attention

m.enzili@cder.org.ma
enzili@hotmail.com
www.cder.org.ma