Promoting the Development of Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Irrigation
Solar irrigation pumping, 23,221.5 kWp of solar pumps supported across 2,809 projects by January 2022 (97 per cent of the 23,900 kW target), through a market-support project for PV-powered drip irrigation pumping in Morocco.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Morocco
- Location
- Nationwide
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Solar irrigation pumping
- Capacity
- 23,221.5 kWp of solar pumps supported across 2,809 projects by January 2022 (97 per cent of the 23,900 kW target), through a market-support project for PV-powered drip irrigation pumping
- Capital cost
- US$71.65 m total project cost at the terminal evaluation (GEF US$2.64 m plus co-financing, mostly government), stated in US$ (UNDP, November 2022)
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- National Agency for the Development of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ADEREE), led in practice by the Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency (AMEE); UNDP as implementing agency
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- GEF grant of US$2,639,726; co-financing of US$70.9 million at endorsement (government US$41.8 million, private sector US$29.0 million), US$69.0 million confirmed at the terminal evaluation
- Award or start year
- 2016
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-19.
History
- 2016-03
Approved for implementation by the GEF on 20 March
- 2016-10
Project document signed on 14 October
- 2022-04
Revised project closing date of 13 April
- 2022-11
Terminal evaluation reports 97 per cent of the capacity target and a national subsidy programme not yet operational
- 2023-08
GEF lists the project as closed on 30 August
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Global Environment Facility, Promoting the Development of Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Irrigation (GEF ID 5539). thegef.org.
- GEF grant US$2,639,726, co-financing US$70,903,000, UNDP agency, ADEREE executing agency, approved for implementation 20 March 2016, status completed and closed 30 August 2023; objective to promote the take-up of PV-powered drip irrigation pumping systems in Morocco.
- UNDP, Terminal Evaluation of the GEF-Solar Pumping Project, Morocco (23 November 2022). erc.undp.org.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Total project cost US$71,649,647 at the terminal evaluation; 23,221.5 kWp supported, equal to 97 per cent of the 23,900 kW target, across 2,809 projects; the national solar pumping subsidy programme (PNPS) had not been operational; project document signed 14 October 2016, closing date revised to 13 April 2022.