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Renewable Energy Strategies and Opportunities
in Morocco
Decoupling Economic Growth from Fossil Fuel
Mohamed Berdai Director of International
Cooperation CDER
Washington March 4, 2008
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Wind in Morocco 3 - 8 GW of potential to explore
COL TOUAHAR
CAP CANTIN
SENDOUK
CAP HDID MY BOUZERKTOUN
SIDI AL GARN
SAHB AL HARCHA
TARFAYA
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BIOMASS POTENTIAL

• From 445 MW up to 1370 MW
• Agricultural area 9 million hectares
• Livestock 7 million UGB
• Forest 5.35 million hectares

Developing renewable energy
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Wood fire savings through use of improved boilers
Annual gain in wood/hammam (traditional Moroccan
bathhouse) 175 tons (50)
Average annual gain 10,000
Annual gain in wood for 5000 hammams 875,000
tons
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PROMASOL SOLAR WATER HEATING AND
AIR-CONDITIONING

• Potential up to 1 million sq m by 2020
• Reinforcing quality certification, labeling,
  agreements, training
• Partnership and sectoral promotion
• Promotion of markets technical and financial
  assistance, direct assistance to leasing
  mechanism projects, funding FOGEER, consumption
  credits
• Communication public information campaign via
  TV, radio, and press

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EVALUATION PF SWH MARKETS
200 000 m2 of solar water heaters installed in
Morocco Objective 400 000 m2 by 2012
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Program of energy efficiency in buildings
Main components of the program

• Thermal regulation in buildings norms and
  technical guides
• Design (taking bioclimatic potential into
  consideration) 
• Construction (improving characteristics of
  isolation and use of appropriate material)
• Electromechanical systems such as heating,
  ventilation, and air conditioning
• Labeling (for energy performance) of household
  electrical equipment
• Implementation of 50 demonstration projects
• Strategy for mobilizing and promoting
  investments new branches of industrial activities

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1000 ENERGY HOUSES PROGRAM
Energy micro-enterprises, created in rural or
urban areas, for the promotion of energy products
and services such as The commercialization of
sustainable energy systems (solar PV, SWH..) and
energy efficient products (improved ovens,
improved boilers, Low consumption lamps...)
Installation, maintenance of equipment
Distribution of butane, gas and the promotion of
equipment that uses butane