Saudi utility giant Acwa is seeking to expand its investments in Morocco’s renewable energy sector and is also exploring opportunities in seawater desalination and green hydrogen, Omar Alaoui Mhamdi, the company’s country manager in Morocco, said in an interview with Asharq Bloomberg.
The company’s flagship investment in Morocco is the Khalladi wind farm in the north of the country, with an installed capacity of nearly 120 megawatts generated by 40 wind turbines. The plant was Acwa’s first wind energy project globally and began operations in 2018.
Speaking during a site visit to the facility, located on Jbel Sendouq at an altitude of around 800 meters above sea level, Mhamdi said the plant generates approximately 375 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually — enough to meet the yearly power needs of around 400,000 people.
Khalladi project expansion
Acwa recently secured a new permit to increase the plant’s generating capacity by about 40 MW through an investment of roughly 550 million Moroccan dirhams ($60 million).
