Morocco: Continent’s largest wind farm begins operating
Issue 291
- 18 Dec 2014
| 1 minute read
France’s GDF Suez and Morocco’s Nareva Holding began commercial operation at the 301MW Tarfaya wind farm on 8 December. The €450m facility comprises 131 2.3MW Siemens turbines covering an area of 8,900ha and is expected to have a high load factor of 45%. Construction at the site began in January 2013 and the farm has been brought online in 50MW tranches since June this year.
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