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Morocco seeks to make the power plant of Laayoune, the largest city in the Moroccan Sahara, operate on green hydrogen instead of heavy fuel as part of its low-carbon goals. In this respect, a Memorandum of understanding was signed by Morocco state-owned water and electricity company ONEE, NAREVA, and GE Vernova to conduct a feasibility […]
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), dealing a hard blow to France and the Algerian regime which is serving the agenda of the former French colonial power in the region. In a joint statement released Sunday, the three Sahel countries said they took […]
Niger’s authorities have temporarily halted the issuance of new mining licenses and ordered an audit of the industry, the Ministry of Mining announced, according to press reports. It is unclear what motivated the measure. However, it comes amid the increase in the price of the commodity on the international market. Last week, the price of […]
King Mohammed VI has extended an invitation to Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu to visit Morocco. The monarch extended the invitation during a phone call with the Nigerian President this Tuesday. A statement from the royal palace said the phone call focused on the development of bilateral relations between the two countries over the […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, has committed to a provisional equity investment of up to $75 million in HAU Energy BV, a funding vehicle established by Hassan Allam Utilities that operates in Egypt and is running a project known as 1.1 GW Gulf of Suez wind farm. The investment is set to […]
The past few days have been full of news for Nigeria’s resources sector: It was announced that Nigeria Agenda 2050 requires approximately $100 billion, with 80% expected from the private sector; Shell is set to divest its Nigerian onshore oil and gas subsidiary for $1.3 billion; and the West African country will see the launch […]
The world’s leading producer of phosphate fertilizers, OCP Group, has announced the launch of the construction of four photovoltaic plants in the mining cities of Benguerir and Khouribga in Morocco. This large-scale project, with a total capacity exceeding 200 megawatts (MW), represents a crucial step in OCP’s sustainable development strategy, and translates its growing commitment […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB), through its African Development Fund (ADF), has approved a $303 million loan for the building of a 1,500 km-long power line interconnecting Mauritania and Mali, as part of the Desert to Power Initiative. The project requires $888 million and involves the construction of a 225 kV high-voltage line between Mali […]
The Italian government has agreed to finance a feasibility study for building a pipeline destined to transport green hydrogen from Morocco to the European country. This ambitious project has been disclosed lately by Italian MP Debora Serracchiani of the Democratic Party. She described Morocco as a leader in renewable energy in the Mediterranean basin. The […]
A consortium led by the Saudi-listed water desalination company ACWA Power has signed a usufruct agreement to invest $1.5 billion in a 1.1 MW wind project in Egypt, a statement by the Egyptian cabinet announced Thursday. The agreement was signed between Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Development and Utilization Authority and the consortium including the […]