Morocco Aims to Accelerate Energy Transition, Become Renewable Energy Leader

Entitled "Accelerating the energy transition to establish Morocco in green growth", this energy opinion provides information on aspects related to a responsible transformation of energy production and consumption patterns as well as the socio-economic and environmental externalities of this transformation.

The president of CESE, Ahmed Reda Chami, is convinced that Morocco can position itself as a "world champion" in the field of renewable energies thanks to its "exceptional" wind and solar potential. To do this, he calls for the mobilization of stakeholders.

"It is now a matter of going further and faster," stressed the president of CESE, before highlighting the "extremely positive" impacts of accelerating the energy transition. "First, our energy dependence will really decrease" to reach a rate that can go up to 17% in 2050, he noted. The purchasing power of the citizen will increase because electricity will be cheaper, at a time when the competitiveness of companies, especially industrial ones, will be strengthened, added the president of CESE.

Speaking, Abdellah Mouttaqi, rapporteur of the energy transition theme, called for the implementation of a new strategy to accelerate the energy transition and establish Morocco in green growth, which involves "a revision of the governance of the sector, particularly that of electricity and hydrocarbons".

According to him, this strategy must be based on the valorization of the potential of energy efficiency, decentralized production and digitalization. All these new orientations and others will make Morocco a well-positioned supplier capable of exporting green electricity to its European partners, added Mr. Mouttaqi.