Jerada power station

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Jerada power station is an operating power station of at least 515-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)

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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	operating	coal - unknown	55	subcritical	1971	–
Unit 2	operating	coal - unknown	55	subcritical	1971	–
Unit 3	operating	coal - unknown	55	subcritical	1972	–
Unit 4	operating	coal - unknown	350	supercritical	2017	–
Unit 5	cancelled	coal - unknown	350	supercritical	2025	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) (ONEE) [100.0%]
Unit 2	Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) (ONEE) [100.0%]
Unit 3	Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) (ONEE) [100.0%]
Unit 4	Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) (ONEE), SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Co Ltd
Unit 5	Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (Morocco) (ONEE) [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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In July 2017, ONEE and SEPCOIII signed a long-term O&M contract for the plant, which was reported to be 350 MW.

The new unit was commissioned in 2017.

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. In a 2019-2023 plan, ONEE noted the Jerada power station would be expanded by another 350 MW after 2023 (by 2025).

As of June 2022, there was no indication of the proposed expansion on ONEE's website, which only listed hydro, wind, and solar projects.

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.

As a result, and given the lack of other recent known developments, unit 5 is presumed cancelled.

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