100% Low Carbon Energy
100% Low Carbon Energy
A cluster of massive wind turbines provide well over 99% of the power required for our activities in the Southern Regions. The wind farm is located next to our conveyor, just before it reaches the wharf at Laayoune in prime position to harness the prevailing coastal winds. The energy generated by the farm is clean and green. It significantly reduces the carbon intensity of our work and allows us to avoid approx. 80,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year.
Non-conventional water
Non-conventional water
Accross most of Morocco, water is a precious commodity, so Phosboucraa uses it very responsibly. To take steps to conserve the local water supply, we use non-conventional water throughout our operations. This means that water does not come from the ground (from rivers and aquifers), but instead is either recycled and re-used in a circular way or taken from the sea and desalinated.
Being on the Atlantic coast, Phosboucraa is in the perfect location to use this non-conventional water; the salt water is transformed into clean water at a desalination plant near Laayoune. This enables Phosboucraa to work on a sustainable water platform – supplementing the local domestic water supply. To meet new demands from our industrial strategy, we are also constructing a new desalination plant near Laayoune, increasing our capacity to 8 Mm3 per year.
of water used comes from the Atlantic Ocean
less water consumption than average
of using less seawater than standard
Power Cogeneration Plant
Power Cogeneration Plant
Planning is under way for the construction of a new 60 MWh power cogeneration plant, which will recycle the heat waste created by Sulphuric Acid used at our Crop Nutrient Production Plant. 218 tons an hour will be converted into steam by a new Heat Recovery System, which will then divert the energy to a local generator. This energy will then be distributed to the local power grid, the mines and, in a truly sustainable cycle, back to the processing plants.