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Rabat — Dubai-based energy company AMEA Power has recently announced its participation in the second phase of Morocco’s Agadir seawater desalination project.
The expansion will make the facility one of Africa’s largest water treatment plants. The project prospects are to increase the plant’s capacity to 400,000 cubic meters of water per day.
AMEA Power will power the entire facility with a 150-megawatt wind farm that the company is developing in Morocco’s southern city of Laayoune.
The Dubai company has formed a joint venture with the Spanish firm Cox to complete this phase, with the latter having developed and currently operating the first phase of the desalination station.
This partnership marks the first concrete project from a strategic agreement the two companies signed in May 2025 to combine water infrastructure and renewable energy projects across multiple countries.
The second phase is expected to cost more than 250 million euros, covering both the plant expansion and the wind farm construction. The upgraded desalination plant is set to begin operations by the end of 2026, while the wind farm will start generating power in 2027.
AMEA Power’s chairman Hussain Al Nowais said that the “participation in this phase of the Agadir desalination project, through the Water Alliance Ventures platform, shows our commitment to providing integrated solutions for water and energy challenges.”
“This represents our first venture into the water sector in North Africa and demonstrates what long-term partnerships can achieve for sustainable development,” he added.
The project addresses Morocco’s growing water scarcity issues by providing reliable drinking water supplies to the entire region. The wind-powered operation ensures the facility runs on clean energy, supporting Morocco’s climate goals.
Morocco has been heavily investing in projects to strengthen both its energy independence and water security.
The country’s phosphate giant OCP has recently launched the J2K Water Pipeline, spanning over 203 kilometers to transport desalinated water from the Atlantic coast in Jorf Lasfar to the country’s phosphate mining region.
The Agadir desalination expansion represents a significant step in addressing Morocco’s water challenges while demonstrating its leading role in renewable energy power as an essential infrastructural component across the continent.
