Jerada power station
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Jerada power station is an operating power station of at least 350-megawatts (MW) in Jerada, Oriental, Morocco with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Jerada power station | Jerada, Jerada, Oriental, Morocco | 34.3095035, -2.1904519 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 34.3095035, -2.1904519
- Unit 4, Unit 5: 34.3096, -2.1908
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | retired[1] | coal: unknown | 55 | subcritical | 1971 | 2024[1] |
| Unit 2 | retired[1] | coal: unknown | 55 | subcritical | 1971 | 2024[1] |
| Unit 3 | retired[1] | coal: unknown | 55 | subcritical | 1972 | 2024[1] |
| Unit 4 | operating | coal: unknown | 350 | supercritical | 2017[2] | – |
| Unit 5 | cancelled[3] | coal: unknown | 350 | supercritical | – | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) [100%] | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) [100%] | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) [100%] | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) [100.0%] |
| Unit 4 | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco); SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Co Ltd | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco); Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd |
| Unit 5 | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) [100%] | Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) [100.0%] |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): Import
Financing
- Source of financing: For Unit 4, US$300 million in debt from Export & Import (Exim) Bank of the People’s Republic of China[4]
Background
The original Jerada power station consisted of three 55 MW subcritical units. The first two units were commissioned in 1971, and the last in 1972. Coal was supplied by the adjacent Jerada Coal Mine.[5]
Coal mining in Morocco ended in 2000, when output amounted to approximately 12,000 tons per year. The Jerada Mine was closed for technical and economic reasons, following a continual decline in production since the 1980s. Morocco therefore depends on coal imports, mostly from South Africa and Russia, to meet demand.[6]
According to reporting from November 2023, Morocco's Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (ONEE) had recently launched a consultation for demolition of the original power station's three units.[7]
Reporting from April 2024 indicated that Units 1-3 were no longer operating.[8]
Expansion
Unit 4
In July 2013, the Chinese firm Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation (Sepco III) signed a contract with the Morocco government to build a new 318 MW unit at the Jerada power station.[9]
In September 2014, Morocco's National Office of Electricity (ONEE) and the Export & Import (Exim) Bank of the People’s Republic of China signed a loan agreement of US$300 million to finance construction of the plant, which was planned to start operating in the 4th quarter of 2017.[10]
In May 2016, the leaders of China and Morocco agreed for ONEE and China's SEPCO III "to conduct studies on extending and maintaining Morocco's Jerada power plant." It was one of 15 public-private partnership agreements made between the nation's leaders.[11]
In July 2017, ONEE and SEPCOIII signed a long-term O&M contract for the plant, which was reported to be 350 MW.[12]
The new unit was commissioned in 2017.[13][7]
Unit 5
The addition of a fifth unit was examined by the regional government, and the project’s potential for job creation was put forward as a motive for its construction.[6] In a 2019-2023 plan, ONEE noted the Jerada power station would be expanded by another 350 MW after 2023 (by 2025).[14][15]
As of June 2022, there was no indication of the proposed expansion on ONEE's website, which only listed hydro, wind, and solar projects.[16][17]
At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in November 2021, Morocco was among the countries which made a new commitment to building no new coal power plants.[18]
In May 2024, Morocco's Minister of Energy Transition confirmed that the Unit 5 expansion had been cancelled.[19]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240522210808/https://www.challenge.ma/charbon-lonee-retient-trader-suisse-flame-pour-un-marche-de-182-millions-de-dollars-279891/. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125132236/https://fr.le360.ma/economie/lonee-va-demolir-lancienne-centrale-thermique-de-jerada_O36YH3YTVNBN5KF2LZXVJ4ALF4/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240606043913/https://kech24.com/%25D9%2588%25D8%25B2%25D9%258A%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A9-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D8%25AA%25D9%2582%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B7%25D8%25A7%25D9%2582%25D9%258A-%25D8%25AA%25D9%2583%25D8%25B4%25D9%2581-%25D8%25B3%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A8-%25D8%25A5%25D9%2584%25D8%25BA%25D8%25A7%25D8%25A1-%25D9%2585%25D8%25B4%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1%25D9%258A%25D8%25B9-%25D8%25B6%25D8%25AE%25D9%2585%25D8%25A9-%25D9%2584%25D8%25A5%25D9%2586%25D8%25AA%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AC-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2583%25D9%2587%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25D8%25A1.html. Archived from the original on 06 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Preview of Jerada Coal-Fired Power Plant (318MW) | Transaction | IJGlobal". ijglobal.com. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ↑ "Jerada Coal Power Plant Morocco," Global Energy Observatory, accessed February 28, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The role of coal in the energy mix of MENA countries and alternative pathways," Navigant, January 17, 2020
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "L’ONEE va démolir l’ancienne centrale thermique de Jerada," le 360, November 6, 2023
- ↑ "Charbon. L’ONEE retient le trader suisse Flame pour un marché de 18,2 millions de dollars," Challenge, April 21, 2024
- ↑ "Chinese firm Sepco III to build coal power plant in Morocco," The Africa Report, July 26, 2013
- ↑ "Morocco's ONEE, China Exim Bank sign USD 299.88 million loan agreement to finance new coal power plant," MAP, September 24, 2014
- ↑ "Morocco, China Strengthen Business Ties During King Mohammed VI's Historic Visit to Beijing," MarketWired, May 13, 2016
- ↑ "Contract Signed! Long-term O&M Contract of Morocco Jerada 1×350MW Supercritical Thermal Power Station," SEPCOIII, July 18, 2017
- ↑ "POWERCHINA and Morocco team up for first time with coal-fired plant," PowerChina, September 19, 2017
- ↑ "L’Office Inaugure une Nouvelle Etape avec un Ambitieux Programme d’Investissement pour la Periode 2019-2023," Conseil d’Administration de l’ONEE, 2019
- ↑ "ONEE plans to invest US$2.7bn in the Moroccan power sector by 2023," Energy Central, July 26, 2019
- ↑ "Grands Projets," ONEE, accessed December 2021
- ↑ "Bilan des activites 2020," Annual Report, ONEE, 2020
- ↑ "How Morocco went big on solar energy," BBC, November 18, 2021
- ↑ “وزيرة الانتقال الطاقي تكشف سبب إلغاء مشاريع ضخمة لإنتاج الكهرباء,” Check24, May 10, 2024
Additional data
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