Morocco’s road map to boost its renewable energy development plans was discussed at a meeting held in Casablanca Friday under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI. The projects are aimed at enhancing Morocco’s renewable energy potential “in order to reach the expected goal of increasing renewable production capacity to 42 percent by 2020, an intermediate step to achieve the 52 percent target in 2030,” said a statement released by the royal office. At the end of 2017, renewable energy sources provided 34% to the electricity mix, Bakkoury said. The year 2018 will see the launch of Noor Ouarzazate II, Noor Ouarzazate III, and Noor Ouarzazate IV, as well as Noor Laayoune I and Noor Boujdour I, he said. As to wind energy, Bakkoury said that plants with a nearly 300 megawatt capacity will start operating in 2018 while new wind power projects will be launched in Midelt and Taza.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 27, 2018 13:41 UTC