Spanish company Acciona starts work on Africa’s biggest desalination plant in Morocco

Good news! Desalination is salvation! A new love story made in Casablanca (without Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman)

"The $650m public-private partnership scheme sees the first phase producing 200 million cubic metres of drinking water a year from 2026, rising to 300 million later.

That would be enough to serve 7.5 million inhabitants of one of the world’s most water-insecure countries. ...

The plant will run entirely on wind energy. Acciona has signed a power purchase agreement with a Moroccan renewable energy producer. ..."

Acciona starts work on Africa’s biggest desalination plant - Global Construction Review A consortium led by Spanish contractor Acciona has broken ground in Morocco on what will be Africa’s largest desalination plant at Lamharza Essahel, about 40km south of Casablanca.

Credits: Human Progress Weekly Progress Roundup