Commercial operation of the Tarfaya wind farm

The Tarfaya wind farm, which represents 15% of Morocco's national wind energy target (2,000 MW by 2020), was put into commercial operation at the beginning of the week, announced the National Office of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE) and "Tarfaya Energy Company" (TAREC), on Friday in a press release. This park will allow for a production of more than 1,000 GWh/year, "which is the production necessary to supply a city of nearly one and a half million inhabitants, like Marrakech, thus contributing to the strengthening of Morocco's energy independence", specifies the press release. With an installed capacity of 301 MW and its 131 wind turbines of 2.3 MW each, the Tarfaya wind farm is "the most important wind project ever carried out on the African continent", emphasizes the press release, specifying that the site of the park benefits from "extremely favorable" climatic conditions in t…