The contract, worth about €23m, requires Abengoa to engineer, design, build, maintain and commission the 210km power transmission line, which is anticipated to start operations in 2016.
The project features three 400kV sections: Matmata-Msoun, Msoun-Gteter and Bourdim-Jerada, which are 80km, 80km and 50km respectively.
Situated in the northern part of the country, the sections will improve the connection of the Moroccan power grid with the Algerian network.
The project will allow part of Morocco’s electricity demand to be delivered in an efficient and sustainable way.
Abengoa said the project will expand its experience of transmission lines, in which it has over 30,000km projects along with the development of electricity transport infrastructures.
In 2012, a report from Frost & Sullivan has revealed that the robust growth in electricity demand has underlined the need for a significant expansion in future generation and transmission capacity in Morocco.
Frost & Sullivan said the country has embarked on a new electricity generation capacity-build programme, in order to increase installed capacity to 14,500MW by 2020.
Renewable energy is expected to account for 42% by 2020 in Morocco.
Image: Abengoa will design and build a 210km power transmission line in Morocco. Photo: Courtesy of tiverylucky/FreeDigitalPhotos.net.
