North Africa, Renewable Energy, Solar

Noor PV Multisites puts 350MW of solar across five Moroccan regions out to contractors

15th November, 2026

Masen has opened prequalification for its Noor PV Multisites programme, at least 350MW of solar in plants of 40MW to 170MW, with contractors invited to apply by noon on 30 November to build the plants on a turnkey basis and then operate and maintain them.

Morocco installed 204MW of utility-scale solar in 2025, and by the middle of that year renewables made up 45.5% of its installed power capacity against a target of 52% for 2030, the position from which the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) launched prequalification in October for its Noor PV Multisites programme.

The programme covers at least 350MW in installations of between 40MW and 170MW, spread across Casablanca-Settat, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Marrakech-Safi, Souss-Massa and Guelmim-Oued Noun. Masen is procuring the plants on a turnkey EPC basis, and the contractor it selects will also take on their operation and maintenance once they are built and connected.

Applications close at noon Moroccan time on 30 November, with the tender documents available on Masen’s e-tendering platform. Construction began in March on Masen’s separate Noor Atlas programme, whose plants sell their power to the national utility, ONEE, and are scheduled to begin commissioning in July 2027.

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