Kingdom of Morocco

Ministry of Land-Use Management, Water and the Environment

The First Carbon Exhibition

in North Africa and Middle East Region

Djerba, 22-24 September 2004

Moroccan CDM projects

Renewable energy projects

Mhammed EL
MERINI
SCET Maroc
elmerini@scet.ma

CD4CDM Project
 Renewable energy projects
Summary

7 renewable energy projects:

Essaouira 60 MW wind farm (ONE)
Tangiers 140 MW wind farm (ONE)
A. Torres 50 MW wind farm (ONE)
Tan Tan 10 MW wind farm (ONEP)
Tetouan 10 MW wind farm (LAFARGE)
Tanafnit 41 MW Hydropower dam (ONE)
105,000 photovoltaic kits in rural area (ONE)

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 Renewable energy projects
Description and distribution

Renewable energy projects represent a potential of 9.7 million CER,

that is 60% of the total CER of Moroccan approved CDM projects.

Wind power is for 81% of the CER

(7.85 million), then Hydro with
16% (1.59 million), and solar with
3% (0.27 million).

The projects promoters are ONE

(National Office of Electricity) with
94% of the CER (9.19 million), then
LAFARGE (private cement factory)
with 4% (345,000) and ONEP
(National Office of Drinking Water)
with 2% (172,400).
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 Renewable energy projects
Location

Photovoltaic kits

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Wind
Wind power
power projects
projects
33 full
full size
size projects
projects
22 small
small scale
scale projects
projects

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Essaouira 60 MW wind farm
Project summary
Full name : Power generation at
Essaouira 60 MW wind farm;
Location : At Cap Sim, 15 km far from
Essaouira;
Category : Renewable energy Grid
connected power generation;
Project promoter : Office National
dElectricit (ONE), public office;
Project status : PDD approved;
Date of operation : 2006;
First year of CER delivery : 2006;
Crediting period : 2006-2015;
Expected CER : 1.5 million.

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 Essaouira 60 MW wind farm
Project description
Technical features :
Installed capacity : 60 MW using the wind power technology;
Expected production : 210 GWh per year;
Components : 71 horizontal axis wind turbines of 850 kW each, electronic
devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV and MV/HV transformers, to
supply the national grid at 60 kV.
Financial issues :
Total cost of the project : US $ 82.5 million
Timing :
Starting of works : end of 2004 ;
Operation : 2006.

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Tangiers 140 MW wind farm
Project summary
Full name : Power generation at
Tangiers 140 MW wind farm;
Location : At Beni Mejmel, 12 km to the
east of Tangiers and Dhar Saadane, 22 km to
the south-east of Tangiers;
Category : Renewable energy Grid
connected power generation;
Project promoter : Office National
dElectricit (ONE), public office;
Project status : PIN approved;
Date of operation : 2007;
First year of CER delivery : 2007;
Crediting period : 2007-2016;
Expected CER : 4 million.

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 Tangiers 140 MW wind farm
Project description
Technical features :
Installed capacity : 140 MW using the wind power technology;
Expected production : 510 GWh per year;
Components : 165 horizontal axis wind turbines of 850 kW each, electronic
devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV and MV/HV transformers, to
supply the national grid at 225 kV.
Financial issues :
Total cost of the project : US $ 170 million (Euro 148 million)
Timing :
Starting of works : May 2004 ;
Operation : 2007.

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A. Torres 50 MW wind farm
Project summary
Full name : Power generation at A.
Torres 50 MW wind farm;
Location : At Taghramt, 10 km far
from Tetouan city;
Category : Renewable energy Grid
connected power generation;
Project promoter : Office National
dElectricit (ONE), public office;
Project status : PIN approved;
Date of operation : 2007;
First year of CER delivery : 2007;
Crediting period : 2007-2016;
Expected CER : 1.83 million.

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 A. Torres 50 MW wind farm
Project description
Technical features :
Installed capacity : 50.4 MW using the wind power technology;
Expected production : 225 GWh per year;
Components : 84 horizontal axis wind turbines of 600 kW each, electronic
devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV and MV/HV transformers, to
supply the national grid at 225 kV.
Financial issues :
Total cost of the project : US $ 62 million
Timing :
Starting of works : June 2005 ;
Operation : 2007.

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 Full size wind farm projects
Baseline methodology
Methodology :
Used in Wigton wind farm in Jamaica and submitted to CDM EB.
New consolidated methodology ACM0002 will be used in new PDD version.
Approach :
Demonstrate that the project is not BAU;
Determine the most likely scenario in absence of the project;
Determine the avoided emissions by calculating the Projected Operating
Margin with weighted CEF of the national power plants ;
Calculations :
Through the crediting period, the weighted CEF moves down from 0.805
(2006) up to 0.729 (2009) and then increases to 0.777 (2015);

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 Tan Tan 10 MW wind farm
Project summary
Full name : 10 MW wind farm for the
Tan Tan SWDP;
Location : At Sidi El Gran, 12 km to
the north of Tan Tan city;
Category : 1-D : Renewable energy
production for the grid;
Project promoter : ONEP public
agency;
Project status : PIN approved PDD
completed;
Date of operation : 2007;
First year of CER delivery : 2007;
Crediting period : 2007-2016;
Expected CER : 194,500.

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 Tan Tan 10 MW wind farm
Project description
Technical features :
Installed capacity : 10 MW using the wind power technology;
Expected production : 22.5 GWh per year;
Components : 20 horizontal axis wind turbines of 500 kW each, electronic
devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV transformers, to supply the
national grid at 22 kV.
Financial issues :
Total cost of the project : US $ 36 million (including the SWDP).
Timing :
Starting of works : 2005 ;
Operation : 2007.

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 Tetouan 10 MW wind farm
Project summary
Full name : 10.2 MW wind farm for
the Lafarge cement factory;
Location : At Semsa site, to the north-
west of Tetouan city;
Category : 1-D : Renewable energy
production for the grid;
Project promoter : LAFARGE
private company;
Project status : PIN approved PDD
completed;
Date of operation : 2007;
First year of CER delivery : 2007;
Crediting period : 2007-2016;
Expected CER : 345,000.

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 Tan Tan 10 MW wind farm
Project description
Technical features :
Installed capacity : 10.2 MW using the wind power technology;
Expected production : 42.3 GWh per year;
Components : 12 horizontal axis wind turbines of 850 kW each, electronic
devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV transformers, to supply the
national grid at 22 kV.
Financial issues :
Total cost of the project : US $ 10 million.
Timing :
Starting of works : 2005 ;
Operation : 2007.

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 Small scale wind farm projects
Baseline methodology
Methodology :
Described in paragraph 29 of Appendix B of the simplified M&P.
Approach :
Demonstrate that the project is not BAU;
Determine the most likely scenario in absence of the project;
Determine the avoided emissions by calculating the Combined Operating
Margin with recent additions weighted CEF of the national power plants ;
Calculations :
Through the crediting period, the CEF moves down from 0.896 (OM) to
0.836 (RA);

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 Other
Other projects
projects
Hydropower
Hydropower station
station
Photovoltaic
Photovoltaic kits
kits

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Tanafnit hydropower station
Project summary
Full name : Tanafnit / El Borj 41 MW
hydropower station;
Location : At Tanafit, 40 km to the
north-east of Khenifra city;
Category : Renewable energy Grid
connected power generation;
Project promoter : Office National
dElectricit (ONE), public office;
Project status : PIN approved;
Date of operation : 2007;
First year of CER delivery : 2007;
Crediting period : 2007-2016;
Expected CER : 1.6 million.

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 Tanafnit hydropower station
Project description
Technical features :
Installed power : 41.4 MW;
Expected production : 206 GWh per year;
Components : Derivation from dam through a 3 m diameter pipe over 3 km
to Tanafit hydropower station and through a 3.5 m diameter pipe over 10.6
km to El Borj hydropower station.
Financial issues :
Total cost of the project : US $ 102.5 million
Timing :
Starting of works : end of 2004;
Operation : 2007.

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 Tanafnit hydropower station
Baseline methodology
Methodology :
Projected Operating Margin (as in the wind farm projects).
New consolidated methodology ACM0002 will be used in new PDD version.
Approach :
Demonstrate that the project is not BAU;
Determine the most likely scenario in absence of the project;
Determine the avoided emissions by calculating the Projected Operating
Margin with weighted CEF of the national power plants;
Calculations :
Through the crediting period, the weighted CEF moves down from 0.809
(2007) up to 0.729 (2009) and then increases to 0.782 (2016);

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 Photovoltaic kits in rural areas
Project summary
Full name : Electricity supply of 105,000 rural houses by photovoltaic kits;
Location : Around 50 different rural regions in Morocco;
Category : 1-A : Electrical energy production by the user with no
connection to the national grid;
Project promoter : ONE public agency;
Project status : PIN approved PDD on progress;
Date of operation :
Phase 1 : 16.000 kits (2.000 in 2003 5.000 in 2004 7.000 in 2005 2.000 in 2006);
Phase 2 : 12.000 kits (6.000 in 2005 6.000 in 2006);
Phase 3 : 37.000 kits (10.000 in 2005 14.000 in 2006 13.000 in 2007);
Phase 4 : 40.000 kits (10.000 per year, from 2006 to 2009).
First year of CER delivery : 2007;
Crediting period : 2007-2016;
Expected CER : 268,000.

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 Photovoltaic kits in rural areas
Project description
Technical features :
Installed capacity : 14 MW using the solar power technology;
Expected production : 30.7 GWh per year;
Components : 105,000 photovoltaic kits of 133 W, operating 6 hrs/d, with
domestic circuits supplying 4 lamps and a plug.
Financial issues :
Total cost of the project : US $ 180 million.
Timing :
Starting of works : 2003 ;
Operation : 2006 (phase 1 & 2) 2007 (phase 3) 2009 (phase 4).

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 Photovoltaic kits in rural areas
Baseline methodology
Methodology :
Described in paragraphs 4 & 6 of Appendix B of the simplified M&P.
Approach :
Demonstrate that the project is not BAU;
The scenario in absence of the project is Diesel generation units;
Determine the avoided emissions by calculating the Combined Operating
Margin with recent additions weighted CEF of the national power plants ;
Calculations :
Through the crediting period, the CEF moves down from 0.896 (OM) to
0.836 (RA);

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 For more informations :

Permanent Secretariat of CDM National Council

Climate Change Unit

Directorate of Partnership, Communication and Cooperation

Ministry of Land-Use Management, Water and the Environment

36 Avenue Al Abtal Rabat Morocco

Tel/Fax : +212 37 68 17 59
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