Akhfenir Wind Farm is located in 15 km from

Akhfenir Akhfennir is a small town in Tarfaya Province, in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region of Morocco. The area is noted for Khenifiss National Park and Tarfaya-Akhfenir Wind Farm. Climate and Weather Condition in Akhfennir In Akhfennir, the summe ...

and 100 km from

Tarfaya Tarfaya ( ar, طرفاية - ''Ṭarfāya''; ber, ⵟⵔⴼⴰⵢⴰ) is a coastal Moroccan town, located at the level of Cape Juby, in western Morocco, on the Atlantic coast. It is located about 890 km southwest of the capital Rabat, and ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

and a has a total installed capacity of 200 MW. It is owned by

Nareva Nareva is an energy company in Morocco wholly owned by the SNI, the holding company of king Mohammed VI. Activities Renewables The company has multiple wind farm projects. The units in Akhenfir, Haouma and Foum El Oued, with a capacity of 10 ...

, a subsidiary of

SNI SNI may refer to: Science and technology * Substitution nucleophilic internal, a chemistry reaction mechanism * Swedish Standard Industrial Classification, a Swedish economic classification system * Server Name Indication, an extension to the ...

the

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...

Mohammed VI Muhammad VI may refer to: * Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives from 1893 to 1902 * Mehmed VI (1861–1926), sultan of Ottoman Empire, from 1918 to 1922 * Mohammed VI of Morocco Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد الساد ...

. The first 100MW wind turbines were supplied by

Alstom Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...

and the contract for the extension of the capacity to 200MW was awarded to

General Electric General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable energ ...

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