A consortium led by Swiss-Japanese firm Kanadevia Inova plans to start construction on a $1.5 billion waste-to-energy plant in Casablanca by late 2026, targeting commercial operations by mid-2030.
According to a company statement, the facility will be developed alongside Moroccan energy company Nareva Holding and Japanese trading house Itochu following a 33-year concession agreement awarded by Casablanca’s city council.
The plant will process approximately 1.5 million metric tons of municipal waste annually to generate 115 megawatts of electricity, supplying power to nearly one million local residents.
Financing structures are set to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, supported by a long-term power purchase agreement with Morocco’s national electricity utility, ONEE.
The facility will serve as Africa’s second major utility-scale waste-to-energy complex, following Ethiopia’s 25-megawatt Reppie plant commissioned in Addis Ababa in 2018.
Beyond power generation, the project will fund the environmental rehabilitation of the 264-hectare Mediouna landfill, Morocco’s largest dumpsite, significantly curtailing methane emissions and regional groundwater contamination.
The infrastructure expansion directly supports Morocco’s national strategy to source over 52% of its installed electricity capacity from renewable and alternative sources.
