Morocco’s Renewable Energy Ambitions Could Slash Carbon Emissions, Study Finds

The Climate Action Tracker (CAT), an international research group that tracks countries’ actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with international agreements, welcomes the positive measures taken by Morocco in this direction. In a recent study, the CAT emphasizes the kingdom’s commitment to renewable energies as a means of reducing carbon emissions.

Morocco intends to increase its renewable energy production capacity to 52% of the energy mix by 2030. The research group also appreciates the establishment by the kingdom of a National Energy Efficiency Strategy, which provides for consumption reductions in strategic sectors such as transport (24%), reports Atalayar.

The study reveals that renewable energies currently provide about a fifth of Morocco’s electricity, a percentage that should increase to around 90% by 2030. Even if Morocco has not been able to achieve its capacity objectives set for 2020, it could "reach the necessary production levels to be compatible with a temperature threshold of 1.5°C," it is indicated.

To do this, Morocco should reduce coal-fired electricity generation by a tenth by 2030, and eliminate it completely by 2040. The kingdom should also gradually reduce its dependence on fossil gas and eliminate it completely before 2035, the study recommends, which concludes that "no country is on track to limit global warming to 1.5°C".