Africa Business Communities
by: Bob Koigi
Siemens, PEPS, and NST have signed an agreement to assist Morocco produce electricity through solid waste as the country looks to embracing renewable energy as part of its 2030 vision.
The memorandum, which took place part of the COP22 climate change conference in Marrakech, was signed by engineering company Siemens in partnership with PEPS, a branch of the “Imperium Holding” industrial group specialized in turning solid waste into electricity and NST, a French company based in Guadeloupe that specializes in renewable energy.
“The initiative aims to meet the expectations of a National Household Waste Plan, which sets a target of 20 percent recycled and upgraded waste by 2022,” Siemens said in a statement.
The memorandum is also aiming to help Morocco achieve its goal of producing 52 percent of its electricity from renewable energies by 2030.
“For Siemens Morocco, this agreement with PEPS & NST is also a way of strengthening our commitment to Moroccan initiatives that can make things happen,” said Siemens Morocco CEO Dirk De Bilde.
This isn’t PEPS’ first run at turning trash into electricity. The Marrakech-based organization has already built a waste-to-energy site in the commune of Ras El Aïn, and PEPS and NST have collaborated in the testing of waste-to-energy processes since 2012. The Ras Al Aïn site was officially inaugurated as part of COP22.
This new memorandum, however, will lead to a stronger effort on Morocco’s part in trying to increase the amount of electricity produced by renewable energies.
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