Morocco Awards EPC Contract for Landmark Casablanca Waste-to-Energy Plant

By Mintesinot Nigussie  |  August 29, 2026

A consortium developing a major waste-to-energy plant in Casablanca has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract to Lebanese engineering and contracting group BUTEC, marking another step in Morocco’s effort to reduce its reliance on landfill while generating electricity from municipal waste.

The consortium of Morocco’s Nareva, Switzerland-based Kanadevia Inova and Japan’s Itochu Corporation secured a 33.5-year concession from the Municipality of Casablanca for the project. BUTEC will undertake the civil works and the EPC of the facility’s non-process buildings, infrastructure and associated works.

Located northwest of the Mediouna landfill in the Casablanca-Settat region, the plant is designed to process about 1.5 million tonnes of non-recyclable waste a year. It will generate 126 megawatts of baseload electricity and serve a population of more than 4.2 million people across Greater Casablanca.

The project is intended to shift waste management away from landfill while recovering energy from waste that cannot be recycled. The developers estimate that the facility could avoid up to one tonne of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions for each tonne of waste processed.

Kanadevia Inova will provide the waste-to-energy technology and process systems and will support operations, long-term maintenance and financing. BUTEC will handle civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing works for the non-process elements, as well as external infrastructure.

The project forms part of Morocco’s wider push to modernise waste management and expand renewable and lower-carbon energy infrastructure. Casablanca, the country's largest urban centre, has faced growing pressure to address the environmental and land-use costs associated with its waste disposal system.

For BUTEC, the contract expands its involvement in waste-to-energy infrastructure. Raymond Daou, the company's senior vice-president for strategy and business development, said the group was building on its presence in Morocco and its experience working with international technology providers.

“With three consecutive large-scale Waste-to-Energy projects across the geographies in which it operates, BUTEC is establishing itself as the generalist EPC contractor of choice in this strategic sector,” Daou said.

The project also brings together engineering and technology companies from Morocco, Switzerland and Japan, reflecting the increasingly international structure of large-scale waste and energy infrastructure projects.

Source: FSX Business News