Morocco On Track For 2020 Renewable Goals – Forbes
Forbes Christopher Coats Contributor Morocco’s efforts to boost renewable energy in the north African nation took a step forward last week with news that it made up about 35% of energy generation in the country. According to government officials, the renewable...
Morocco Raises Capacity Of Noor-Argana Tender To 200 MW
SeeNews Renewables by Mariyana Yaneva Moroccan electricity and water utility company ONEE has decided to raise the capacity of the forthcoming Noor-Argana photovoltaic tender to 200 MW from 125 MW, bringing the total capacity of its photovoltaic programme to 500 MW by...
Morocco To Launch World’s Largest Solar Energy Plant
Middle East Monitor Moroccan King Mohamed IV will launch the biggest solar energy plant in the world tomorrow, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The plant called Noor 1 has been built in the Sahara desert, near the town of Ouarzazate. An official said: “Morocco...
Morocco: Berbers Protest Student’s Death During Games
Africa News Hundreds of Berbers in Morocco have marched in front of the National Assembly in Rabat protesting the death of a student killed during clashes between Amazigh students and those from the Western Sahara. Omar Khalek passed away a few days later after he was...
Morocco’s OCP Starts Production At $537 Million Fertilizer Plant
Reuters The world's leading phosphate exporter, Morocco's Office Cherifien de Phosphate (OCP), has started production at a new fertilizer plant dedicated to the African market, the state news agency MAP reported on Monday. OCP invested 5.3 billion dirhams ($537...
Morocco Launches $742m Infrastructure Projects
Trade Arabia Morocco has announced the start of several key infrastructure projects in its economic capital Casablanca including the construction of the second line of tramway and extension of the first line besides development of the city road network and building of...
Morocco Gets $112.3m AfDB Loan For Intercity Rail Upgrade
Railway Technology The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $112.3m loan for infrastructure improvements in Morocco, including doubling the 142km stretch of the Tangier-Casablanca-Marrakech railway line. Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCF) will use the...
Morocco: IMF Executive Board Completes The Third Review Of The Precautionary And Liquidity Line For Morocco
All Africa On January 27, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third and last review of Morocco's economic performance under a program supported by a two-year Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) arrangement, and...
Morocco Schedules Parliamentary Elections For October 7
Voice of America Reuters FILE - Austerity measures that the Moroccan government launched to revive public finances have started to weigh on the popularity of Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, who is shown above talking to reporters in Madrid in June 2015. Morocco's...
Maghreb Drought To Lift Moroccan Wheat Imports
Agri Money by William Clarke A drought in the Maghreb could boost wheat demand, as the US government ups its forecast for Moroccan imports. The US Department of Agriculture's bureau in Rabat lifted its estimate of 2015-16 wheat imports to Morocco, by 200,000 tonnes to...