Jorf Lasfar power station

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Jorf Lasfar power station is an operating power station of at least 2056-megawatts (MW) in El Jorf Lasfar, El Jadida, Doukkala-Abda, Morocco. It is also known as JLEC power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Jorf Lasfar power station El Jorf Lasfar, El Jadida, Doukkala-Abda, Morocco 33.1047305, -8.6376352 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4: 33.1047305, -8.6376352
  • Unit 5, Unit 6: 33.1048, -8.6367

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - bituminous 330 subcritical 1994
Unit 2 operating coal - bituminous 330 subcritical 1995
Unit 3 operating coal - bituminous 348 subcritical 2000
Unit 4 operating coal - bituminous 348 subcritical 2001
Unit 5 operating coal - bituminous 350 subcritical 2014
Unit 6 operating coal - bituminous 350 subcritical 2014

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 TAQA Morocco [100.0%]
Unit 2 TAQA Morocco [100.0%]
Unit 3 TAQA Morocco [100.0%]
Unit 4 TAQA Morocco [100.0%]
Unit 5 TAQA Morocco [100.0%]
Unit 6 TAQA Morocco [100.0%]

Financing

  • Source of financing:
    • For Unit 4, US$300 million in debt from Export & Import (Exim) Bank of the People’s Republic of China.[1]
    • For Units 5-6, US$1,413.04 million in debt from Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered Bank, Export-Import Bank of Korea, Banque Centrale Populaire de Maroc, and Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie.[2]

Background (Units 1-4)

The original plant was owned by Jorf Lasfar Energy Company (JLEC). JLEC was acquired by TAQA Morocco, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (also known as TAQA), in 2007. The power plant initially included four subcritical units:[3][4]

  • Unit 1 - 330 MW - 1994
  • Unit 2 - 330 MW - 1994
  • Unit 3 - 348 MW - 2000
  • Unit 4 - 348 MW - 2001


In January 2020, TAQA Morocco and ONEE signed contracts related to the renovation of Units 1 through 4 (estimated to total US$500 million) and to the extension of the duration of the contract for the purchase and supply to ONEE until April 2044.[5][6][7] Together with the expansion of Units 5 and 6, the plant accounts for over 40% of Morocco's total power supply.[8]

Expansion (Units 5-6)

In May 2011, Mitsui & Co. announced that a consortium consisting of Mitsui and Daewoo had entered into an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Jorf Lasfar Energy Company for the construction of a 700 MW coal-fired power plant at the existing Jorf Lasfar power plant site.[9]

In June 2012, it was reported that financing worth US$1.4 billion had been put in place for Jorf Lasfar Energy to add units five and six (350 MW each) to the plant, for an overall capacity of 2,056 MW. Banks involved in the project included BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Standard Chartered, and Morocco's Banque Centrale Populaire. The expansion work was expected to begin at the end of 2013.[10][11][3]

Financing for the new units closed in January 2013. Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) and Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) provided direct loans and loan guarantees for more than 50% of the total project debt, marking the first involvement of Japanese and Korean export credit agencies in Moroccan project finance. Construction began in 2010,[12] and was completed by July 2014.[13]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "Preview of Jerada Coal-Fired Power Plant (318MW) | Transaction | IJGlobal". ijglobal.com. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  2. "Preview of Jorf Lasfar IPP Expansion | Transaction | IJGlobal". ijglobal.com. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Jorf Lasfar (JLEC) Thermal Power Plant Morocco," Global Energy Observatory, accessed October 2014
  4. "Agility and innovation: Abdelmajid Iraqui Houssaini," CEO Magazine, December 28, 2020
  5. "Centrale thermique de Jorf Lasfar : Les contrats de rénovation et d’extension signés," Aujourd'hui Le Maroc, January 27, 2020
  6. "Taqa Morocco et l’Onee renouvellent leurs vœux sur Jorf Lasfar," Jeune Afrique, March 12, 2020
  7. "Bilan des activites 2020," Annual Report, ONEE, 2020
  8. "Morocco Extends Jorf Lasfar Power Plant Contract With Emirati Company," Morocco World News, January 28, 2020
  9. "orf Lasfar Energy Company 5&6 (JLEC 5&6) - Morocco/ Signing of the EPC contract for a coal-fired power plant," Mitsui, May 10, 2011
  10. "Moroccan coal plant in $1.4bn expansion," Power Engineering International, June 25, 2012
  11. "Coal-Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions Since 1994", Appendix to Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming, Environmental Defense, April 2009
  12. "TAQA closes financing for Morocco power plant expansion," TAQA Morocco press release, January 28, 2013
  13. "Completion of Jorf Lasfar power plant extension Units 5 & 6 in Morocco," Lahmeyer International, July 22, 2014

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