Economist: Morocco to become a leading renewable energy actor

The source recalled that HM King Mohammed VI chaired a ceremony in Tangier in late June to launch the Moroccan national wind energy programme worth 31.5bn dirhams ($3.9bn), while inaugurating the 2.75 bn dirhams wind park, Dahr Saadane, the largest in Africa.

The new park is expected to generate 2.5% of domestic demand for energy, said the source, adding that the wind energy programme will bring wind-based installed electric capacity from a current 280 mw to 2,000 mw by 2020.

The programme is expected to save 2.5m tonnes/year (t/y) of combustible oil and prevent the emission of around 9m t/y of carbon dioxide, said the source. (MAP)

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