In Morocco, the potential for solar and wind energy generation is enormous and could be exploited for addressing not only energy security concerns, but also pressing social and economic needs. Smart policy design that integrates different policy objectives can have long-lasting effects, stimulating competitiveness across the economy.
Taking the case of Morocco, this paper aims to explore the challenges to system-building initiatives for the development of the solar energy sector.
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a relatively recent phenomenon in the irrigation sector; the El Guerdane project in Morocco is the first of its kind worldwide. Implemented in 2008, it now provides water to 10,000 ha of highly lucrative citrus fruit plantations.