The renewable energy sector, which is booming in Morocco, is attracting the interest of Spanish companies, about ten of which will travel to the kingdom next week, notably to Rabat and Casablanca, to deepen their knowledge of the sector and exchange with public and private actors.
Morocco aims to achieve energy self-sufficiency through the production of renewable energies by 2030 and to sell the surplus energy to Europe, which is looking for new partners.
Executive Director of the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP), Hanane Mourchid puts her experiences and expertise at the service of sustainable development. She makes environmental protection her battle horse and intends to make her Moroccan fertilizer company carbon neutral by 2040.
Morocco will provide solar and wind power to the United Kingdom via an underwater cable as part of the "Xlinks" project, which should ultimately impact 7 million British families.
Since the normalization of their relations, Morocco and Israel are working to develop their economic cooperation. Israeli companies operating in the field of renewable energies want to conquer the Moroccan market but also markets in the Middle East.
The repowering work on the Nassim Koudia Al Baida wind farm will soon be launched. The financing of this project initiated by the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) has just been completed and the commissioning is scheduled for the 2nd quarter of 2024.
The authorities of the city of Taza have announced the commissioning of the first wind farm built as part of the country’s energy transition policy .
The green hydrogen export programs developed by Morocco, Algeria and Egypt are not economically viable. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Dutch think tank Transnational Institute and the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), a research center based in Brussels.
The British company Xlinks, specialized in renewable energies, is pursuing its efforts to build the 3,800 km submarine cable to connect Morocco to the United Kingdom. The location of the factory that will manufacture the submarine cables is now known.
The operation and maintenance of the Tanger-Dhar Saadane wind farm, with a capacity of 107.1 MW, will be carried out by the Chinese consortium consisting of CRRC Dalian, CACS and Zhongtiann, for a period of three years.
President Pedro Sanchez will seize the opportunity of his visit to Morocco starting this Thursday, to propose an energy alliance for the development of renewable energy and interconnection between the two countries.
Wind power production, the second largest source of electricity production in Morocco, looks promising. The report of the Global Wind Energy Council indicates that the kingdom could increase its production by 1.8 Gigawatt (GW) by 2026.