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Rabat – Morocco is positioning itself as a global leader in renewable energy, leading the way as one of Africa’s most significant solar energy sources.
A new report from Attaqa, a Washington-based platform specialized in reporting about energy, showed that Morocco ranked second among the top ten African countries driving major renewable energy projects in 2025. The North African country followed South Africa in first place, and beat out Egypt in third.
The Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex stands at the heart of Morocco’s renewable energy transition. This solar energy plant spans just under 3,000 hectares and is considered the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant facility.
The complex currently produces 510MWN and is ramping up to 582 MW, providing a significant portion of the country’s sustainable energy production.
The plant provides clean electricity to 1.3 million homes and serves two million people while eliminating more than 800,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, according to the report.
The report added that Morocco “is on track to secure sourcing more than 50% of its energy mix from renewable sources by 2025 with plans to improve this to achieve 80% by 2030.”
Morocco’s renewable energy goals are particularly ambitious in the African context.
As other African nations including South Africa, Egypt and Tunisia, pursue their own renewable energy projects, Morocco’s success story serves as a model for sustainable energy development across the continent.
The Noor Ouarzazate is just one of the many initiatives that reflects Morocco’s broader vision for a transition to renewable energy sustainability.
In terms of wind energy, Morocco launched in October 2024 the new Jbel Lahdid wind farm which adds 270 MWto Morocco’s renewable energy capacity, helping reinforce the nation’s energy independence.
Other projects include the Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project, the ambitious subsea high-power cable project that is planned to deliver reliable and low-cost renewable electricity from Morocco to the UK powered by solar and wind energy.
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