General Electric (GE) has agreed to supply wind turbines for Akhfennir wind farm in Morocco which has an installed capacity of around 100MW.
As per the agreed terms, the company will supply 56 units of 1.7-100 wind turbines.
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GE chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said: “This agreement highlights our commitment to Morocco’s wind energy development.
“Building on our power generation heritage of over 100 years, our wind turbine technology is a strong fit to help Morocco meet its wind power goal and support the country’s industrialization.”
Energie Eolienne du Maroc, a subsidiary of Nareva Holding, is developing the wind power project.
The Akhfennir project forms a part of the Moroccan Integrated Wind Energy project, which is aimed at producing 2000MW of wind power by 2020 through an investment of around MAD31.5bn ($3.62bn).
The clean energy generated at the wind farm will be used to power industrial companies in the country, under power purchase agreement.
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By GlobalDataNareva Holding CEO Ahmed Nakkouch said: “Morocco is taking significant strides in achieving the Integrated Wind Energy Strategy to increase wind’s portion of the national energy mix to over 14 percent by 2020.”
GE said its 1.7-100 blades are built on an evolution of high performance turbines to have competitive economic returns and capacity factor.
GE’s global fleet of over 23,000 turbines offers more than 37GW of installed wind energy capacity.
Image: Executives of GE and Nareva sign contract. Photo: Courtesy of General Electric.
