This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from Hibapress, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Rabat
The Minister for the Transition of Energy and Sustainable Development, Laila Benali, told the House of Representatives on Monday, that the total production capacity of wind energy projects reached 2,373 megawatts to the limits of 2024.
Benali added, in his answer to an oral question on “the outcome of achievements in the field of wind energy”, presented by the national team Rally of Independents, during the session of oral questions, that these projects include That completed within the framework of the contractual production framework and according to law 13-09 linked to renewable energies, by self-production, stressing that the ministry included in its plan of several years, adding 2.6 GW of wind energy between 2023 and 2027, with investments of more than 36 billion dirhams.
The government manager explained that wind energy projects are characterized by their ability to achieve industrial integration and create a set of activities that improve local capacities, based on local workforce And the acquisition of equipment and services at the local level, which contributes to the creation of added value to the local economy.
She pointed out that wind energy is one of the most important projects that the kingdom has witnessed, noting that there are promising tanks, especially on the Atlantic coast and in the region of Tangier, where the speed of the wind in certain areas reached between 7.5 and 11 meters per second, not to mention the capacities available in the maritime field
