GE Renewable Energy has been selected to supply 40 onshore wind turbines for the 200MW Aftissat wind farm extension in Morocco.
The manufacturer will supply Energie Eolienne du Maroc (EEM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nareva, with 5MW turbines from its Cypress platform, each with a rotor diameter of 158 metres.
GE will service the turbines for 20 years.
The project is expected to start operations in 2023 and is intended to support industrial companies under power purchase agreements, in line with Morocco’s goal to install 52% of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
The deal marks the first order in Morocco for GE’s Cypress onshore wind platform, the company’s largest onshore wind turbine in the field, and GE’s largest Cypress wind farm in the Middle East and Africa region.
It also forms part of GE Renewable Energy’s 287MW of installed base and backlog in Morocco, which includes the 200MW Akhfenir wind farm that Nareva and GE built together in 2016.
GE Renewable Energy onshore wind international chief commercial officer Gilan Sabatier said: “Morocco has a great potential for wind energy and has been an early mover in the journey toward renewable energy integration, achieving great progress in its renewable energy targets.”