{"id":78968,"date":"2023-08-14T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/08\/14\/morocco-opens-tender-for-400-mw-noor-midelt-iii-pv-farm-plus-iran-inaugurates-10-mw-solar-plant\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T01:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:00:49","slug":"morocco-opens-tender-for-400-mw-noor-midelt-iii-pv-farm-plus-iran-inaugurates-10-mw-solar-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/08\/14\/morocco-opens-tender-for-400-mw-noor-midelt-iii-pv-farm-plus-iran-inaugurates-10-mw-solar-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco opens tender for 400 MW Noor Midelt III PV farm PLUS: Iran inaugurates 10 MW solar plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morocco tenders for 400 MW Noor Midelt III solar farm: <\/strong>Morocco's renewable energy agency Masen has floated a prequalification tender for the 400 MW third phase of the 1.6 GW Noor Midelt<\/a> solar complex in the Atlas Mountains, according to a statement<\/a> released last week. Developers will have to submit prequalification documents to fund, build, and operate the solar plant by 20 October. Masen is expected to award<\/a> the contract for the 400 MW second phase of the project soon, after prequalifying<\/a> six consortiums including France\u2019s EDF Renewables, Spain\u2019s Iberdrola, and Saudi Arabia\u2019s Acwa Power earlier in July.<\/p>\n

Noor\u2019s first phase is stalled: <\/strong>A consortium led by EDF began working on the 800 MW first phase of Noor Midelt in 2019, which combines solar and concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, and the project was expected to deliver electricity to the grid from 2022. However, progress on phase 1 has stalled due to disagreements over CSP tech, Reuters<\/a> reports, citing people with knowledge of the matter.<\/p>\n

ALSO- The kingdom is going big on green fuels:<\/strong> Morocco allocated 1.4 mn hectares of land last year for 454 projects with a combined expected investment ticket of USD 60.5 bn and 93% earmarked for green hydrogen and ammonia projects, Asharq Business<\/a> reports, citing data by the country\u2019s Economics and Finance Ministry. Eight green hydrogen and ammonia projects secured the lion\u2019s share of the land allocation agreements, including projects proposed by Abu Dhabi National energy company-subsidiary Taqa Morocco, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), AP Moller Capital, Dahamco, Power Sur, Ornx Boujdour et Laayoune, Falcon, and OCP.<\/p>\n

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Iran kicked off operations on the IRR 1.4 bn (c.USD 33 mn), 10 MW Shahid Hamid <\/strong>Bakri solar plant in the province of Semnan<\/strong>, Mehr News Agency<\/a> reported on Thursday. The country is expected to double the farm\u2019s generation capacity over a second phase, the news agency quotes a cabinet representative as saying. Iran\u2019s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (Satba) announced plans earlier this year to re-tender 2.2 GW<\/a> of solar projects during the current Iranian fiscal year under plans to establish at least one<\/a> solar farm in every Iranian province. In July, Satba announced plans to build a 1 GW solar farm in Qazvin.<\/p>\n

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