STMicroelectronics Aims for 50 Percent Renewable Power at Moroccan Plant
BOUSKOURA, Morocco—The global semiconductor company STMicroelectronics (STM) says it hopes to procure half of the energy needed for its plant here through wind power by 2022, compared to only 1 percent currently.
The company plans to purchase electricity from Morocco's national power grid that is produced by 12 turbines on a wind farm near the coast at Oualidia. Built by InnoVent, the turbines are scheduled to produce 36 megawatts by the end of this year, with annual output expected to reach more than 80 gigawatthours.