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Afourer hydroelectric plant
Largest grid storage in Morocco of 4 · top 69% worldwide (#657 of 965)
- Operator
- Office National de L'Electricite de L'Eau Potable
- Owner
- Office National de L'Electricite de L'Eau Potable
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 466 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 2004
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · Morocco · 4 ranked
- #1Afourer hydroelectric plant466 MW
- #2Abdelmoumen hydroelectric plant350 MW
- #3El Menzel hydroelectric plant300 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Afourer hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 466 MW · hydro
- Bin El Ouidane hydroelectric plant13 km · Power Plant · 135 MW · hydro
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Watercourse: Bin El Ouidane River
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)