Morocco: Abengoa to build 400kV line

Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable has given Spanish energy and environmental engineering group Abengoa a contract worth approximately €23m ($31m) for a new electricity transmission line. The contract, announced on 21 November, covers the engineering, design, construction, maintenance and commissioning of a 210km line in northern Morocco. The project consists of three 400kV sections: an 80km section between Matmata and Msoun, 80km between Msoun and Gteter and 5km between Bourdim and Jerada. The line is expected to come into operation in 2016 and is designed to improve power supply in northern Morocco as well as interconnection with the Algerian grid.