Casablanca launches major waste-to-energy project

This marks the official launch of Morocco's first integrated waste-to-energy infrastructure. The consortium also signed electricity purchase agreements with Société Régionale Multiservices SRM Casablanca-Settat and the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water ONEE. The project, with a 33.5-year concession, will exclusively process household waste from Greater Casablanca, serving over 4.2 million inhabitants.

The facility aims to treat approximately 1.5 million tons of waste annually, with an 80% recovery target, significantly reducing landfill reliance. It will have an installed capacity of about 126 MW of base electricity, supplemented by a 50 MWp solar photovoltaic plant and a 4 MW landfill biogas recovery system, producing nearly one terawatt-hour TWh annually, enough to power almost one million residents. Located near the Médiouna landfill, a major methane emitter in Africa, the project seeks to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by replacing landfilling with energy recovery.

This initiative is expected to offer public health benefits, preserve land, and foster local economic development, creating around 1,240 jobs during its three-and-a-half-year construction phase, 300 jobs for ancillary infrastructure, and nearly 140 skilled jobs during operation. The plant will feature three