Jorf Lasfar power station

The Jorf Lasfar power station is a 660 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Morocco with the potential to be expanded to 1.356 MW.

On June 25, 2012, it was reported that financing worth $1.4 billion had been put in place for Jorf Lasfar Energy, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, to expand units five and six of the plant, for an overall capacity of 2056 MW. Banks involved in the project include BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Standard Chartered, and Morocco's Banque Centrale Populaire. The expansion work is expected to begin at the end of 2013.

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