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In December 2020, Med-TSO’s project assessment for the new Spain–Morocco interconnection (the planned third 400 kV HVAC link of about 60 km with 30 km subsea cable and 30 km overhead line) estimated the overall investment cost at €223 million. The analysis indicated that €148 million would be for the interconnection itself and the remainder for internal reinforcements in Morocco, with around 33% of total costs attributed to these internal upgrades.
In February 2019, Spain and Morocco signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to build a third 400 kV HVAC interconnector between the Tarifa substation in Spain and the Beni Harchan substation in Morocco, with a technical capacity of 700 MW. The MoU envisages an investment of about €150 million for this link, to be shared equally between the two countries, and targeted commissioning by 2026.
Spain and Morocco signed a memorandum of understanding in February 2019 agreeing to construct a third 400 kV interconnector of about 700 MW between Tarifa in Spain and Beni Harchan(e) in Morocco, with an estimated investment of around €150 million to be shared equally and an indicative commissioning target of 2026.
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On 14 February 2019, Spain and Morocco, through their transmission system operators Red Eléctrica de España (REE) and Morocco’s ONEE, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a third 400 kV HVAC interconnector between the Tarifa/Puerto de la Cruz area in Spain and the Beni Harchane substation in Morocco. The MoU confirms their agreement to construct this ~700 MW link, expected to be commissioned by 2026, raising total commercial transfer capacity between the two countries to about 1,500 MW, with an estimated investment of around €150 million (approximately $169 million) to be shared equally between Spain and Morocco.
A 2018 UNESCWA case study on Morocco’s power sector reported that studies for a third Spain–Morocco interconnection were in progress, indicating that technical and planning work for the REMO 3 link was actively underway by that time.
Under the EU-backed MAES project, a technical concept was developed for a third 400 kV HVAC interconnector between Morocco and Spain, defining a link between the Tarifa substation in Spain and the Beni Harchan(e) substation in Morocco and thereby laying out the basic design for REMO 3.
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