Morocco: Abdelmoumen prequalification in December

The Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) has announced that prequalification will take place in December for the 350MW Abdelmoumen pumped storage facility, part of the Station de Transfert d’Energie par Pompage (Step) project. Expressions of interest have been invited for Abdelmoumen twice before, in 2008 and 2013. The project will be located around 70km north-east of Agadir in Taroudant Province, and will generate power as well as reinforcing the existing 460MW Afourer facility, which began operating ten years ago.