Early Warning System

Countries

Morocco

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Mar 23, 2022

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

KOUDIA AL BAIDA SPV

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Energy

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 54.92 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 48.5
Converted using 2021-12-23 exchange rate.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 147.20 million

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS May 31, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Dec 23, 2021

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank provided information, the investment involves the provision of a senior debt financing of up to EUR 35 million, in addition to a subordinated loan of up to EUR 13.5 million, to finance the repowering of a 50MW wind farm located in the region of Tlat Taghramt near Tangier in northern Morocco. The Project will be the first repowering project in the region and will increase the wind farm capacity to 100 MW.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

A senior secured debt financing of up to € 35 million, in addition to a subordinated loan of up to € 13.5 million with the remaining debt funding being provided by Societe Generale, Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Centrale Populaire and Bank of Africa.

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

"Koudia Al Baida Project SPV"

A special purpose vehicle to be established in Morocco for the sole purpose of owning, constructing and operating the Project. It will be ultimately 50 per cent owned by MASEN (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) and 50 per cent owned by EDF Renewables.

MASEN is a public-owned company established in 2010 in charge of the implementation of the Moroccan renewable energy programme and that aims at reaching the national renewable energy strategy targets.

EDF Renewables is a large renewable energy developer and a subsidiary of the French utility EDF. EDF Renewables develops, builds and operates clean energy power plants in more than 20 countries.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	EDF Energy Renewables	Parent Company	-
-	-	-	-	MASEN - Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy	Parent Company	-

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Adil Bouabdallah (MASEN) / Ahlam Ennouhi (EDF)
a.bouabdallah@masen.ma / Ahlam.Ennouhi@edf-re.ma

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can request information by emailing: accessinfo@ebrd.com or by using this electronic form: https://www.ebrd.com/eform/information-request

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EBRD

The Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the PCM, it may assess compliance with EBRD's own policies and procedures to prevent harm to the environment or communities or it may assist you in resolving the problem that led to the complaint through a dialogue with those implementing the project. Additionally, the PCM has the authority to recommend a project be suspended in the event that harm is imminent.

You can contact the PCM at: pcm@ebrd.com or you can submit a complaint online using an online form at: http://www.ebrd.com/eform/pcm/complaint_form?language=en

You can learn more about the PCM and how to file a complaint at: http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/project-finance/project-complaint-mechanism.html