Ahannouch leads renewable energy deal

On Thursday in Rabat, Prime Minister Aziz Ahannouch presided over a signing ceremony for an agreement between the government and the National Electricity and Drinking Water Authority (ONEE) to supply electricity to industrialists from renewable energy sources.

The message received by Hespress indicated that, in fulfillment of the high directives of King Mohammed VI, Morocco is strengthening its progress in the development of renewable energy sources as a national priority in order to strengthen its energy sovereignty and its position in a carbon-free economy in order to attract more domestic and foreign investment in this sector.

The same source added that this agreement is part of the decarbonization of the national industry, which in turn aims to reduce the carbon footprint through the supply of electricity from renewable energy sources, which will give industrial companies the main lever to increase competitiveness while strengthening the position Kingdom of Morocco as a regional pole of competitive industrial production and environmental friendliness.

The announcement today says: “The provision of this competitive and carbon-free energy has become essential to open up new investment horizons at the level of the energy-intensive activities that the Kingdom wants to define, in addition to developing new industrial occupations.”

The terms of this agreement revolve around “the obligation of the signatories to establish conditions and procedures that will enable industrialists to benefit from electricity at competitive prices, with the aim of increasing their competitiveness by providing them with the means of generating electricity from renewable sources.” energy sources permitted by Law 13-09.”

Notably, the agreement was signed by Interior Minister Abdelwafi Laftit, Industry and Trade Minister Riad Mazur, Energy Transition and Sustainable Development Minister Leyla Benali and Director General of the National Electricity and Energy Authority Abdelrahim Hafizi. Drinking water.