Compagnie Eolienne de Detroit (CED) is a 50.4 MW wind power plant in Ceuta, Morocco. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 43k homes (estimated). It ranks #38 of 52 Morocco power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 16.0% 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 WRI1023689.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 50.4 MW, Compagnie Eolienne de Detroit (CED) is below the median wind plant in Morocco (60.4 MW). Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Morocco wind capacity
- 4.2% of 1,211 MW across 11 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 0 of 11 dated wind 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 wind plants in Morocco
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.8°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 66% 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: 25/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion 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 #10 largest wind power plant of 11 in Morocco by capacity.
Morocco has 11 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 1,211 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Al Koudia Al Baida (Abdelkhalek Torres) · Wind · 53.9 MW · Ceuta
- Parc Eolien Haouma · Wind · 51 MW · Ceuta
- CEUTA GRUPO 13 · Oil · 48.7 MW · Ceuta
- CEUTA 9 G-9 · Oil · 11.5 MW · Ceuta
- Parc Eolien Khalladi · Wind · 120 MW · Tanger-Tetouan
- Parc Eolien Tarfaya · Wind · 300 MW · Tanger-Tetouan
Location
Coordinates 35.8184, -5.4538 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Compagnie Eolienne de Detroit (CED)?
Compagnie Eolienne de Detroit (CED) is a 50.4 MW wind power plant in Ceuta, Morocco, commissioned in 2000.