AFOURER is a 92 MW hydro power plant in Tadla-Azilal, Morocco. It is operated by Office National de l\'Electricite (ONE). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 92k homes (estimated). It ranks #32 of 52 Morocco power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1955, it is around 71 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 2.0% of Morocco's electricity; the national grid averages 596 gCO₂/kWh (24.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023669.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 466 MW for Afourer hydroelectric plant, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000602498; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 92 MW, AFOURER is well above the median hydro plant in Morocco (40.6 MW). Technically it is described as pumped storage. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Morocco hydro capacity
- 5.5% of 1,678 MW across 18 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 4 of 17 dated hydro plants in Morocco are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Morocco
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Office National de l\'Electricite (ONE). All plants by this company →
Local climate & thermal context
This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 34% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 36/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #7 largest hydro power plant of 18 in Morocco by capacity.
Morocco has 18 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 1,678 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- STEP UR1 * · Hydro · 466 MW · Tadla-Azilal
- BINE EL OUIDANE · Hydro · 135 MW · Tadla-Azilal
- HASSAN 1ER · Hydro · 67 MW · Tadla-Azilal
- A. EL HANSALI · Hydro · 92 MW · Tadla-Azilal
- ALMASSIRA · Hydro · 128 MW · Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz
- Centrale Solaire Noor Ouarzazate 1 · Solar · 160 MW · Souss-Massa-Draa
Location
Coordinates 32.2076, -6.5318 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is AFOURER?
AFOURER is a 92 MW hydro power plant in Tadla-Azilal, Morocco, commissioned in 1955.
Who operates AFOURER?
AFOURER is operated by Office National de l\'Electricite (ONE).