Morocco: Ciments du Maroc has decided to abandon its wind farm project at its Safi cement plant. The subsidiary of Italcementi has decided to change its energy policy in response to a growing number of renewable energy projects in the country, according to SeeNews. CEO Mario Bracci said that the cement producer is considering various options including signing a deal with local developer Nareva for electricity supply to several of its sites instead of investing in a generation solution at just one site.
Ciments du Maroc commissioned its first wind farm at its Laayoune cement grinding plant in 2011. This wind farm consists of six 850kW turbines that joined an existing 150kW pilot turbine installed in 2003. A 150 kW pilot concentrating solar power (CSP) plant was inaugurated near its Ait Baha. Cement plant in October 2014. The site at Safi would have been the company's second wind farm, with a planned capacity of 10MW.