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USTDA approves grant for CSP Tower development in Morocco
14 Jun 2011
by Peter Richards - Category: News
At the Oujda energy conference on May 31st, under the auspices of the King and the Prime Minister, the director of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) and the United States government signed a grant agreement regarding the provision of technical assistance for a CSP Tower project. This is an interesting development for the [...]
Morocco targets 28% of electricity generation from wind and solar
23 May 2011
by Peter Richards - Category: News
The Kingdom of Morocco is working hard to reduce dependency on fossil fuels. With current fuel imports at 95%, the country’s energy security is at risk. That’s why in November 2009, the King announced the Moroccan Solar Plan, a 2,000 MW solar target by 2020, augmenting an earlier target of 2,000 MW of wind by [...]
US Government Funds CSP Solar Projects in US and MENA Region
27 May 2010
by Peter Richards - Category: News
In the last 15 days the US government made two announcements regarding the promotion of concentrating solar (CSP) technologies. Yesterday at the MENA Power conference in Cairo, the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) announced three grants for feasibility studies regarding CSP projects in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. The Egyptian CSP project by Taqa Arabia [...]
In February 2008, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Energy approved an ambitious plan to produce 20% of total electricity from renewable energies by 2020, including a 12% contribution from wind energy. This translates into more than 7,200 MW of grid-connected wind farms. The plan gives enough room for private investors to play a major role [...]
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