Morocco: ONEE plans new pumped storage plants

State power and water utility Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) will launch tenders this year for technical studies for the construction of two new 300MW pumped storage facilities, El Menzel II, located on the upper Sebou River, and Ifahsa, in the north of the country. The daily Le Matin reported that El Menzel II would be developed at a site 35km from Sefrou, while Ifahsa would be located on the right bank of the Oued Laou River, about 14km from the town of Chefchaouen.