BUSINESS DAY Morocco has recruited foreign investors to fund a $9 billion solar power project, even though some European lenders have balked due to the location…
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by Laurie Balbo The bone-dry plains of the Western Sahara may be no place to plant a garden, but their extreme solar irradiance values render them ideal…
Reuters By Fiona Ortiz MADRID, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Morocco has recruited foreign investors to fund a $9 billion solar power project, even though some European…
Two concentrated solar power plants producing 200MW and 100MW respectively will be built near the south-Moroccan city of Ouarzazate, the country’s government has announced. Both proposed…
There is a debate surrounding the origin of the name of Marrakesh, the former imperial capital of Morocco. Traditionally, historians and scholars have defended the thesis…
Morocco is an emerging market at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. With a fast and efficient customs service and 16 regional investment…
Morocco may have little to no fossil fuel resources, but the kingdom has its eyes on a brighter future. By 2020 the country plans to produce…
Plans to secure 20% of Europe’s energy needs from a huge network of solar farms across the north African desert appear to have been shelved. The…