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Join on Telegram Rabat – The National Electricity Regulatory Authority (ANRE) received in Rabat on Tuesday a Belgian delegation aiming to explore Morocco’s renewable industry.
Bart Steukers, CEO of the Belgian Association Agoria, is leading the delegation that consists of representatives of companies affiliated to the organization.
The delegation said that its visit to Morocco is due to the “significant potential of the Moroccan economy, which opens up a promising prospect for strengthening economic relations” between Morocco and Belgium, ANRE said in a statement.
During Tuesday’s meeting, President of ANRE Abdellatif Bardach presented the institution and its mission to the Belgian delegation.
He also emphasized the “crucial rove devolved to the national and international” private sector in developing the free market for the production and marketing of green electric energy, including for foreign destinations.
The ANRE official also informed the Belgian delegation of his organization’s work in close consultation with public and private operators to put in place the tools that will allow an effective regulation of the electricity sector in Morocco “as soon as possible.”
Morocco seeks to make renewable energy one of the key pillars of its economy.
With its renewable projects, Morocco seeks to produce more than 52% of its electricity from renewable resources by 2030.
A recent study from Morocco’s Economic, Social, and Environmental Council (CESE) said that the North African country has the potential to produce 96% of its electricity using renewable energy by 2050.
Following Tuesday’s meeting, both ANRE and the Belgian delegation stressed the importance of Morocco-Belgium cooperation in the energy field.
Earlier this year, Morocco’s former Minister of Energy Aziz Rabbah said the country invested a total of MAD 52.1 billion ($5.8 billion) in the energy industry in the last decade.
Many countries and observers have in recent months highlighted Morocco’s efforts in the field of sustainable and efficient energy.
Earlier this year, UK Ambassador to Morocco Simon Martin said: “We have a great deal of expertise to share in terms of renewable energies. Here in Morocco, the solar sector is extraordinary and we in the UK are world leaders in wind energy.”
