84
N. Kidunduhu
sectors (5368 GWh) and finally its transport sector (332 GWh).
55 As of
2016, Morocco’s installed capacity was 8261.7 MW, 70% of which was
based on fossil fuels while the remaining installed capacity was sourced
from renewables.
Morocco’s Energy Outlook
Morocco has a burgeoning population and has a development plan to
grow and diversify its economy. Part of its national strategic objectives is
to improve energy security by reducing its energy import dependence on
energy imports.
56
During COP 21, Morocco committed a 52% renewable energy target
of installed production capacity.
57 To this end, in 2016 it launched the
Ouarzazate Solar Power Station which has been ranked as the world’s
largest solar power plant (510 MW). Morocco intends further to increase
the use of renewable sources for electricity production.
In 2012, 16% of the world’s global GHG emissions were attributable
to Morocco. It has set its GHG emission reduction target at 42% below
BAU emissions by 2030.
58 It has also committed to an unconditional
reduction target of 17% below BAU levels by 2030, taking into account
reductions in Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU).
59
Morocco is an example of African countries that are dependent on
imports of petrol and petroleum products and have untapped renewable
energy resources as well as natural gas. Such countries will need to base
their transition pathway on the increased use of renewable energy, the
use of natural gas as a bridge fuel and regional energy integration.
From the foregoing, it is apparent that the energy trajectories of
African countries are multiplex and highly differentiated. Further,
African countries have a multiplicity of energy systems that simultaneously meet their energy needs, including biomass, modern renewable
55 Ibid. (n 48).
56 Ibid.
57 NDC Registry, Morocco Nationally Determined Contribution Under the UNFCCC, https://
www4.unfccc.int/sites/NDCStaging/Pages/Search.aspx?k=morocco, accessed 30 August 2019.
58 Ibid.
59 Ibid. (n 51).
N. Kidunduhu
sectors (5368 GWh) and finally its transport sector (332 GWh).
55 As of
2016, Morocco’s installed capacity was 8261.7 MW, 70% of which was
based on fossil fuels while the remaining installed capacity was sourced
from renewables.
Morocco’s Energy Outlook
Morocco has a burgeoning population and has a development plan to
grow and diversify its economy. Part of its national strategic objectives is
to improve energy security by reducing its energy import dependence on
energy imports.
56
During COP 21, Morocco committed a 52% renewable energy target
of installed production capacity.
57 To this end, in 2016 it launched the
Ouarzazate Solar Power Station which has been ranked as the world’s
largest solar power plant (510 MW). Morocco intends further to increase
the use of renewable sources for electricity production.
In 2012, 16% of the world’s global GHG emissions were attributable
to Morocco. It has set its GHG emission reduction target at 42% below
BAU emissions by 2030.
58 It has also committed to an unconditional
reduction target of 17% below BAU levels by 2030, taking into account
reductions in Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU).
59
Morocco is an example of African countries that are dependent on
imports of petrol and petroleum products and have untapped renewable
energy resources as well as natural gas. Such countries will need to base
their transition pathway on the increased use of renewable energy, the
use of natural gas as a bridge fuel and regional energy integration.
From the foregoing, it is apparent that the energy trajectories of
African countries are multiplex and highly differentiated. Further,
African countries have a multiplicity of energy systems that simultaneously meet their energy needs, including biomass, modern renewable
55 Ibid. (n 48).
56 Ibid.
57 NDC Registry, Morocco Nationally Determined Contribution Under the UNFCCC, https://
www4.unfccc.int/sites/NDCStaging/Pages/Search.aspx?k=morocco, accessed 30 August 2019.
58 Ibid.
59 Ibid. (n 51).