Kingdom of Morocco Ministry of Land-Use Management, Water and the Environment The First Carbon Exhibition in North Africa and Middle East Region Djerba, September 2004 Moroccan CDM projects Renewable energy projects M’hammed EL MERINI SCET Maroc CD4CDM Project

Renewable energy projects 7 renewable energy projects: Essaouira 60 MW wind farm (ONE) Tangiers 140 MW wind farm (ONE) A. Torres 50 MW wind farm (ONE) Tan Tan 10 MW wind farm (ONEP) Tetouan 10 MW wind farm (LAFARGE) Tanafnit 41 MW Hydropower dam (ONE) 105,000 photovoltaic kits in rural area (ONE) The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004Summary

Renewable energy projects Renewable energy projects represent a potential of 9.7 million CER, that is 60% of the total CER of Moroccan approved CDM projects. The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Description and distribution Wind power is for 81% of the CER (7.85 million), then Hydro with 16% (1.59 million), and solar with 3% (0.27 million). The projects promoters are ONE (National Office of Electricity) with 94% of the CER (9.19 million), then LAFARGE (private cement factory) with 4% (345,000) and ONEP (National Office of Drinking Water) with 2% (172,400).

Renewable energy projects The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004Location Photovoltaic kits

Wind power projects 3 full size projects 2 small scale projects Wind power projects 3 full size projects 2 small scale projects The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004

Essaouira 60 MW wind farm Full name : Power generation at Essaouira 60 MW wind farm; Location : At Cap Sim, 15 km far from Essaouira; Category : Renewable energy – Grid connected power generation; Project promoter : Office National d’Electricité (ONE), public office; Project status : PDD approved; Date of operation : 2006; First year of CER delivery : 2006; Crediting period : ; Expected CER : 1.5 million. Project summary

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Essaouira 60 MW wind farm Technical features : –Installed capacity : 60 MW using the wind power technology; –Expected production : 210 GWh per year; –Components : 71 horizontal axis wind turbines of 850 kW each, electronic devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV and MV/HV transformers, to supply the national grid at 60 kV. Financial issues : –Total cost of the project : US $ 82.5 million Timing : –Starting of works : end of 2004 ; –Operation : Project description

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Tangiers 140 MW wind farm Full name : Power generation at Tangiers 140 MW wind farm; Location : At Beni Mejmel, 12 km to the east of Tangiers and Dhar Saadane, 22 km to the south-east of Tangiers; Category : Renewable energy – Grid connected power generation; Project promoter : Office National d’Electricité (ONE), public office; Project status : PIN approved; Date of operation : 2007; First year of CER delivery : 2007; Crediting period : ; Expected CER : 4 million. Project summary

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Tangiers 140 MW wind farm Technical features : –Installed capacity : 140 MW using the wind power technology; –Expected production : 510 GWh per year; –Components : 165 horizontal axis wind turbines of 850 kW each, electronic devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV and MV/HV transformers, to supply the national grid at 225 kV. Financial issues : –Total cost of the project : US $ 170 million (Euro 148 million) Timing : –Starting of works : May 2004 ; –Operation : Project description

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 A. Torres 50 MW wind farm Full name : Power generation at A. Torres 50 MW wind farm; Location : At Taghramt, 10 km far from Tetouan city; Category : Renewable energy – Grid connected power generation; Project promoter : Office National d’Electricité (ONE), public office; Project status : PIN approved; Date of operation : 2007; First year of CER delivery : 2007; Crediting period : ; Expected CER : 1.83 million. Project summary

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 A. Torres 50 MW wind farm Technical features : –Installed capacity : 50.4 MW using the wind power technology; –Expected production : 225 GWh per year; –Components : 84 horizontal axis wind turbines of 600 kW each, electronic devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV and MV/HV transformers, to supply the national grid at 225 kV. Financial issues : –Total cost of the project : US $ 62 million Timing : –Starting of works : June 2005 ; –Operation : Project description

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Full size wind farm projects Methodology : –Used in “Wigton wind farm in Jamaica” and submitted to CDM EB. –New consolidated methodology ACM0002 will be used in new PDD version. Approach : –Demonstrate that the project is not BAU; –Determine the most likely scenario in absence of the project; –Determine the avoided emissions by calculating the Projected Operating Margin with weighted CEF of the national power plants ; Calculations : –Through the crediting period, the weighted CEF moves down from (2006) up to (2009) and then increases to (2015); Baseline methodology

Tan Tan 10 MW wind farm The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Full name : 10 MW wind farm for the Tan Tan SWDP; Location : At Sidi El Gran, 12 km to the north of Tan Tan city; Category : 1-D : Renewable energy production for the grid; Project promoter : ONEP – public agency; Project status : PIN approved – PDD completed; Date of operation : 2007; First year of CER delivery : 2007; Crediting period : ; Expected CER : 194,500. Project summary

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Tan Tan 10 MW wind farm Technical features : –Installed capacity : 10 MW using the wind power technology; –Expected production : 22.5 GWh per year; –Components : 20 horizontal axis wind turbines of 500 kW each, electronic devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV transformers, to supply the national grid at 22 kV. Financial issues : –Total cost of the project : US $ 36 million (including the SWDP). Timing : –Starting of works : 2005 ; –Operation : Project description

Tetouan 10 MW wind farm The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Full name : 10.2 MW wind farm for the Lafarge cement factory; Location : At Semsa site, to the north- west of Tetouan city; Category : 1-D : Renewable energy production for the grid; Project promoter : LAFARGE – private company; Project status : PIN approved – PDD completed; Date of operation : 2007; First year of CER delivery : 2007; Crediting period : ; Expected CER : 345,000. Project summary

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Tan Tan 10 MW wind farm Technical features : –Installed capacity : 10.2 MW using the wind power technology; –Expected production : 42.3 GWh per year; –Components : 12 horizontal axis wind turbines of 850 kW each, electronic devices for regulation and protection, LV/MV transformers, to supply the national grid at 22 kV. Financial issues : –Total cost of the project : US $ 10 million. Timing : –Starting of works : 2005 ; –Operation : Project description

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Small scale wind farm projects Methodology : –Described in paragraph 29 of Appendix B of the simplified M&P. Approach : –Demonstrate that the project is not BAU; –Determine the most likely scenario in absence of the project; –Determine the avoided emissions by calculating the Combined Operating Margin with recent additions weighted CEF of the national power plants ; Calculations : –Through the crediting period, the CEF moves down from (OM) to (RA); Baseline methodology

Other projects Hydropower station Photovoltaic kits Other projects Hydropower station Photovoltaic kits The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004

Tanafnit hydropower station Full name : Tanafnit / El Borj 41 MW hydropower station; Location : At Tanafit, 40 km to the north-east of Khenifra city; Category : Renewable energy – Grid connected power generation; Project promoter : Office National d’Electricité (ONE), public office; Project status : PIN approved; Date of operation : 2007; First year of CER delivery : 2007; Crediting period : ; Expected CER : 1.6 million. Project summary

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Tanafnit hydropower station Technical features : –Installed power : 41.4 MW; –Expected production : 206 GWh per year; –Components : Derivation from dam through a 3 m diameter pipe over 3 km to Tanafit hydropower station and through a 3.5 m diameter pipe over 10.6 km to El Borj hydropower station. Financial issues : –Total cost of the project : US $ million Timing : –Starting of works : end of 2004; –Operation : Project description

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Tanafnit hydropower station Methodology : –Projected Operating Margin (as in the wind farm projects). –New consolidated methodology ACM0002 will be used in new PDD version. Approach : –Demonstrate that the project is not BAU; –Determine the most likely scenario in absence of the project; –Determine the avoided emissions by calculating the Projected Operating Margin with weighted CEF of the national power plants; Calculations : –Through the crediting period, the weighted CEF moves down from (2007) up to (2009) and then increases to (2016); Baseline methodology

Photovoltaic kits in rural areas The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Full name : Electricity supply of 105,000 rural houses by photovoltaic kits; Location : Around 50 different rural regions in Morocco; Category : 1-A : Electrical energy production by the user with no connection to the national grid; Project promoter : ONE – public agency; Project status : PIN approved – PDD on progress; Date of operation : –Phase 1 : kits (2.000 in 2003 – in 2004 – in 2005 – in 2006); –Phase 2 : kits (6.000 in 2005 – in 2006); –Phase 3 : kits ( in 2005 – in 2006 – in 2007); –Phase 4 : kits ( per year, from 2006 to 2009). First year of CER delivery : 2007; Crediting period : ; Expected CER : 268,000. Project summary

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Photovoltaic kits in rural areas Technical features : –Installed capacity : 14 MW using the solar power technology; –Expected production : 30.7 GWh per year; –Components : 105,000 photovoltaic kits of 133 W, operating 6 hrs/d, with domestic circuits supplying 4 lamps and a plug. Financial issues : –Total cost of the project : US $ 180 million. Timing : –Starting of works : 2003 ; –Operation : 2006 (phase 1 & 2) – 2007 (phase 3) – 2009 (phase 4). Project description

The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004 Photovoltaic kits in rural areas Methodology : –Described in paragraphs 4 & 6 of Appendix B of the simplified M&P. Approach : –Demonstrate that the project is not BAU; –The scenario in absence of the project is Diesel generation units; –Determine the avoided emissions by calculating the Combined Operating Margin with recent additions weighted CEF of the national power plants ; Calculations : –Through the crediting period, the CEF moves down from (OM) to (RA); Baseline methodology

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