Morocco and Portugal now have a concrete avenue to seek financial support from the European Union for their electricity cable. Brussels has just opened applications for its new list of major cross-border energy infrastructure projects.
Moroccans who produce their own electricity can sell to the grid only the equivalent of 20 % of their annual production. Greenpeace is calling for the removal of this cap, which it considers unfavorable to households and small solar installations.
Electricity consumption rose by 8.4% in Morocco in the first half of 2026, while national production increased by only 1.6%. This gap was accompanied by a 34.6% surge in imports.
Chinese manufacturer Hongsheng Huayuan has just added Morocco to its commercial map. China’s leading supplier of electric pylons has announced the arrival of its products on the Moroccan market, a first for which it has not yet disclosed either the client or the project.
Morocco and France are studying the creation of a direct electrical link under the Mediterranean. This future cable would allow Moroccan renewable electricity to be transported to the French network without passing through Spanish interconnections.
Younes Maâmar, a former World Bank executive and former CEO of the National Electricity Office (ONE), denounces the chaos over the rates for Covid-19 screening tests.