Tag: renewables

Africa: Fitch advises mining firms to invest in renewable energy

February 22, 2019

A report published by Fitch Solutions has indicated that due to the prevalence of off-grid remote mineral deposits in Sub-Saharan Africa, mining companies operating in ... Read More

Swedish Azelio Partners with Morocco’s MASEN to Build Full-Scale Verification Project

February 19, 2019

The Private Swedish company Azelio, which specializes in Sterling-based energy solutions, announced that together with its strategic partner, Morocco’s Agency for Sustainable Energy, Masen, it ... Read More

Morocco to Start Building 180 MW Wind Farm, Part of Integrated Energy Project

November 8, 2018

Moroccan leading independent power producer Nareva and Enel Green Power (EGP), a leader in renewable energy, have signed all financing agreements for the construction in ... Read More

IFC Supports African Projects of Moroccan Renewable Energy Developer

August 3, 2018

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, has teamed with Gaia Energy, a Moroccan renewable energy developer, to set up a ... Read More

Renewable Energies Attract Foreign Investors to Sahara

August 2, 2018

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 ... Read More

Acwa Power Officially Switches on Khalladi Wind Farm Near Tangier

July 1, 2018

Leading Saudi electricity producer and desalter, Acwa power, officially switched on a 120 MW wind farm in northern Morocco as it continues to diversify its ... Read More

Washington Hosts 2nd Meeting of USA-Morocco Strategic Energy Working Group

April 20, 2018

The USA-Morocco Strategic Energy Working Group has convened its 2nd meeting in Washington to look into ways of boosting cooperation between the two countries in ... Read More

Morocco to Build $4.6 Bln Natural Gas Plant

January 15, 2018

Morocco, which imports most of its energy needs, is planning to build a $4.6 billion natural gas plant, part of its strategy to enhance its ... Read More

Siemens Cuts Ribbon of Wind Turbine Blade Factory in Tangier

October 12, 2017

Siemens has inaugurated the first Turbine Blade Factory in the northern Moroccan city of Tangier that was completed for a total cost of $118 million. ... Read More

Morocco at “Forefront of Renewable Revolution”- CSM Says

September 14, 2017

A "green leader among developing nations" and a country at "the forefront of renewable revolution", thus the Christian Science Monitor described Morocco as it forges ... Read More