This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: Desertec is pretty much dead in water and belongs to History section. Morocco itself together with its international partners such as World Bank is investing in CSP and renewables in general.(April 2019) |
As of 2019, renewable energy in Morocco covered 35% of the country’s electricity needs.[1]
Morocco has a target of sourcing more than half of its electrical energy from renewable sources by 2030 and a plan to have 2,000 MW of wind and 2,000 MW of solar power plants by 2020, looking to add 1.5 GW renewable capacity annually. These targets, alongside other climate change policy, helped Morocco be rated second most prepared country in the 2018 and 2019 Climate Change Performance Indexes.[2]