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The European Union, Morocco’s major and strategic trade partner, backs the national energy strategy set by the North African Kingdom seeking to ensure the security of its supplies, generalize access to energy and meet growing demand while protecting the environment. To achieve these goals, Rabat and Brussels have launched a $1.3 million program. Funded by […]
Tunisia will invest about $ 5 billion (12 billion dinars) in electricity and energy projects, between 2018 and 2020. According to a statement released by the government, the electrical projects include the construction of a submarine power- transmission line, with a transmission capacity of 600 MW. The infrastructure to link the country to Italy is […]
Morocco will have invested $40 billion by 2030 in projects aiming to develop the energy sector as it ambitions to derive 50% of its energy needs from renewable sources by the same year. “The Kingdom has succeeded, through an ambitious strategy, to turn its challenges into genuine investment opportunities, through its commitment to projects aimed […]
Nuclear power may be well included in Morocco’s energy mix as the country forges ahead with its strategy to promote clean energy and efficiency, said Khalid El Mediouri, Director General of the National Centre for Nuclear Energy, Sciences and Technology Techniques (CNESTEN) and Chair of the Nuclear Power and Seawater Desalination Committee (CRED). “Morocco’s national […]
Mauritania can rejoice for a successful participation in the summit of Arab financial institutions held in Rabat after the North African country received over $100 million of loans for the execution of projects in mining and energy, reports say. A first deal between Moctar Ould Diaye, Mauritania’s finance minister and the chairperson of the Arab […]
Qatar Petroleum (QP) said it will lead exploration projects of oil and gas in Morocco and Cyprus as it seeks to compensate for sluggish growth at home by expanding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets abroad. “You will see us going internationally with some of the partners we have in Qatar, this year and next […]
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit put the final nail in the coffin of the Algerian-backed SADR separatist entity by making it clear that there is no parallel between his country’s struggle for independence and the Sahara issue. “While considering that the issue of the Sahara is different in its genesis, legal and political background […]
Euronews has recently published a report shedding light on some of the projects that turned out to be success stories at the continental level, making the kingdom a model to follow in Africa. “Morocco has been taking solid steps to apply its development strategy to improve its economic growth and presence in regional markets,” said […]
Morocco and Madagascar have decided to lift their cooperation in all sectors to new higher levels within the frame of a solidarity-based and win-win partnership. The two countries hailed the excellent friendship ties existing between Moroccan and Malagasy people and the 12 intergovernmental agreements, inked in the fields of politics, agriculture, sea fishing, energy, logistics, […]
Thanks to its largescale investments in renewable energy, Morocco is becoming a vanguard of solar revolution, US business channel CNBC said. “In North Africa, Morocco’s vast Noor Ouarzazate solar complex – one of the world’s largest – uses concentrated solar power (CSP) to produce clean energy,” said CNBC on its website. CNBC highlighted the efficiency […]