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November 9, 2010

Morocco delays solar unit tender to Dec: minister

Posted on 6:39 PM by google

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco said on Tuesday it would take bids for the first unit in a national $9 billion solar power programme in December instead of November but added that it would not delay the construction of the unit.

"The outcome of the pre-qualification stage of the tender will be known in mid-November. Those who will be selected in mid-November will be invited to participate in the bids at the end of December," Energy and Mining Minister Amina Benkhadra told Reuters on the sidelines of an energy conference.

The government of the North African country had previously set end-November as a deadline for would-be investors to submit bids for the first unit, which will be based in the southeastern city of Ouarzazate.

"A minimum of time is needed," Benkhadra said when asked about the delay.

"But the planning of the solar programme will go as scheduled. The construction of the Ouarzazate unit will start by the end of 2011 and will be completed by the end of 2014 and by beginning of 2015 the unit will go on stream," she added.

Plans call for the Ouarzazate unit to start off as a 125 megawatt unit and then undergo gradual upgrades to reach 500 MW before the end of 2015.

Morocco's solar plan calls for five power stations to account for 38 percent of its installed power generation capacity by 2020. The plan is instrumental for a country that has no oil or gas of its own and aims to diversify its exports to an energy-hungry trade partner, the European Union.

Moroccan authorities are betting on demand for the clean energy that will be generated by the Desertec project, a 400 billion euro EU plan to use solar power from the Sahara desert to supply 15 percent of Europe's power by 2050.

Major companies including Siemens, RWE and Deutsche Bank are members of the Desertec consortium.

Morocco aims to export surplus electricity to Europe via Spain, where it has a power market trading licence that allows it to sell electricity.

In preparation for exporting the electricity to Europe, Morocco's power utility ONE doubled the capacity of its interconnector to Spain to 400 MW in 2007.
From : reuters

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