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The “accelerator of energy efficiency in industry in Morocco” project (AEEIM), implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ONUDI), was closed during a ceremony held on Wednesday in Rabat, in particular in the presence of the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ryad Mezzour, and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Sustainable Development, Mohamed Ouhmed. This project, initiated within the framework of the project of support for energy efficiency in Morocco (PEEM), in partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Morocco, the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, the Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency (AMEE), the Energy Investment Company (SIE), with the support of the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ), supported its efforts to reduce its Dependence on imported fossil fuels, by promoting the rapid adoption of low carbon technologies and good energy practices in the industrial sector.
Speaking during this ceremony, the representative of the UNUDI in Morocco, Sanae Lahlou, stressed that the AEEIM project illustrates the concrete impact of energy efficiency on industrial competitiveness in Morocco.
“By strengthening the capacities of 73 companies and forming 110 local experts, we have reached almost 9% energy savings,” she said.
Ms. Lahlou also expressed the determination of the UNUDI to continue its support in Morocco in its transition to a more sustainable industry.
In two years of activity, the AEEIM project supported 66 providers of energy services and mobilized 23 partners, as well as 19 professional institutions. It made it possible to carry out 38 technical case studies, generating an accumulated annual energy saving of more than 41 GWh, an average drop of 8.9% of consumption per business, and an estimated reduction at 18,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year.
The program has been articulated around three complaints of additional capacity reinforcement, namely the “energy management system (ENMS) according to the ISO 50001 standard”, “the optimization of motorized systems (MSO)” and “the optimization of steam systems (SSO)”. These capacity reinforcements, targeting four regions (Casablanca-Settat, Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, Souss-Massa and the Oriental), allowed extensive territorial coverage and a transfer of skills on a national scale.
For Mr. Mezzour, the AEEIM project is distinguished by its particular nature, marked by a renewed will, an Agenda ambition and a reinforced integration effort.
This project, which has registered in a new dynamic, carried by an assertive will, a structured agenda and in-depth integration, was born at a time when companies demonstrated a real expectation and a strong disposition to engage, he continued.
The Minister also welcomed the contribution of partners and technical teams, welcoming the results obtained, with a project cost estimated at 15 million dirhams (MDH) for annual savings at 30 MDH, which constitutes a concrete example of economic impact.
For his part, Mr. Ouhmed noted that the AEEIM project is an exemplary initiative by its concerted approach, as well as by the joint mobilization of ministries, partner institutions such as the AME, SIE, industrial ecosystem and German cooperation.
He recalled the advances of Morocco in terms of renewable energies, energy efficiency and regulation, citing the opening of average voltage to industrialists, the adoption of texts on self -production, original certificates, energy audits and the creation of a normative framework for energy service companies.
Mr. Ouhmed also emphasized the processing in the course of the Amee into a structure extended to decarbonation and the circular economy.
The closing ceremony of the AEEIM project, in which the CEO of the Amee, Mohamed Benyahia, and the Minister Councilor and Head of the Economic Section of the German Embassy, Stefan Bantle, was also marked by the delivery of ISO 50001 certificates, as well as by business testimonies, including ABC Oujda and GPC.
