Studies
Hydro electricity. N/A N/A
Feasibility study for the development of small scale hydro-power plants
| Country : | Morocco. . |
| Client : | AFME (French Agency for Energy Management) |
| Start Date : | 1989 |
| Completion Date : | 1989 |
| Value of services : | 48 500 FF |
| Funder : | AFME (French Agency for Energy Management) |
| Associate/Partner : | CIMH Cabinet Gaudiot |
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| Description : |
The French Energy Management Agency (AFME) and the Moroccan Department of Energy commissioned a three-person consultant team to conduct a feasibility study for a small hydroelectric power station programme to be installed in the irrigated areas of upper the Atlas mountains. |
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| Description of the Actual Services Provided | IED was requested to pilot the project, i.e : * to examine the energy situation in traditional irrigated areas particularly those with traditional mills, * establish specifications of hydroelectric installations operational in these areas for small electric equipment usage, * economic assessment of different options with regard to conventional (small unit) or modern (photovoltaic) solutions, * work out technical specification for 10 kW model installations for a dozen site and propose an implementation programme, * propose an equipment operation and maintenance scheme. The results of this study made it possible to envisage a "micro hydro" component in the Moroccan Rural pre-electrification Pilot Programme aimed at supplying 240 villages with electricity through small decentralised systems. |