Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar announced on Sunday that it has completed a landmark off-grid solar power project, supplying energy to 19,438 households in more than 1,000 rural villages in Morocco. The Morocco Solar Home System (SHS) project, carried out in partnership between Masdar and Morocco’s Office National d’Eau et d’Electricité (ONEE), was launched in 2015. Morocco plans to bring the share of renewable energy in overall electricity production to 42% by 2020 and 52% by 2030. It has earmarked a global $30 billion budget to that effect, of which $2.3 billion will be used to boost the use of solar energy in farming. The UAE Energy Plan 2050 aims to grow the proportion of clean energy to 50 per cent.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 15, 2018 13:07 UTC