The abundance of sun and wind is increasingly attracting foreign firms to invest in Morocco’s south, the Sahara, as the government set the target of generating 50% of its energy mix out of renewable sources. Soluna’s move to build a wind farm in Dakhla is also pioneering in as far as it will be an off-grid electricity generator to power cryptocurrency mining. The company is developing its 900-megawatt, 37,000-acre wind farm in a class I site where winds exceed 22 miles per hour. This plant will add to another 201 MW wind farm launched by Moroccan company Nareva in Boujdour for a total cost of €400 million. Morocco has also launched a new development model for the southern provinces that aims at strengthening infrastructure to prepare conditions for investments.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 02, 2018 09:56 UTC