Battery storage equipment was supplied by the Chinese wind turbine, BESS and energy software company Envision through contracts signed in late 2025. OCP Green Energy said the order was placed during a favourable market window, prior to fresh pressure being placed on global battery storage supply chains.
The project follows OCP Group’s US$13 billion programme to invest in expanding fertiliser production and deploying renewable energy in the 2023-2027 timeframe. That included a pledge to supply all group industrial facilities with green energy by 2027, equivalent to 5GW of generation. By 2032, OCP is targeting at least 13GW of renewable energy.
It made its first renewable energy investments through the programme late last year, bringing online a 202MWp portfolio of three solar PV plants in December 2025, including Oulad Farès, which, at 105MWp, is currently Morocco’s largest PV plant in operation.
At the time, OCP Group said the three solar plants cover a significant share of its mining site’s energy needs. The company estimated the cost of electricity from the plants at MAD368/MWh (US$38.92/MWh), describing its low cost as key to the industrial production of customised fertilisers.
One of those three plants is a 67MWp facility at the Benguerir mine, which will charge the newly completed BESS directly. In addition to behind-the-meter (BTM) applications for ensuring power quality and increasing onsite solar consumption, the system can also participate in ancillary services, including frequency regulation and reactive power compensation.
African Development Bank support for OCP’s green investment
OCP Group said it invested close to MAD170 million (US$17.98 million) in the BESS and associated integration works.
It received an additional US$20 million in support from the African Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Clean Technology Fund (CTF). ADB also provided OCP Group with a credit guarantee for up to €450 million (US$519.77 million) in December to support the fertiliser company’s Green Investment Programme.
In July, the ADB board approved a US$100 million loan to Gotion Power Morocco, a subsidiary of Chinese battery and BESS manufacturer Gotion High-Tech, towards the development of an integrated cathode-to-cell LFP battery gigafactory in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Free Trade Zone.
The bank also plans to mobilise up to US$141 million in additional financing from partners for a factory with 10GWh annual production capacity of battery cells and packs for electric vehicles (EVs) in the first phase, expandable to 100GWh annual capacity.