Context
Morocco aims to increase the proportion of electricity generated by renewable energy to 52 percent of installed capacity by 2030. This would allow the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions significantly and stay within its nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the Paris Climate Agreement, in line with the 1.5C climate threshold.
These ambitious goals can only be achieved with greater involvement of the private sector. Furthermore, it is important to the Moroccan government to create the necessary conditions for generating energy from renewable energies in small and medium-sized decentralised plants. To achieve this, the electricity industry must be restructured, and institutional capacities and regulatory requirements need to be improved.
Objective
The framework conditions for decentralised expansion of renewable energies through the private sector has been improved.
Approach
The project supports the implementation of Morocco’s energy strategy and national reform of the electricity industry. It works with the energy ministry (Ministère de la Transition Energétique et du Développement Durable, MTEDD) and the new regulatory authority (Autorité Nationale de Régulation de l'Électricité, ANRE) in three fields of action:
Improving institutional capacities and regulatory requirements, for instance by developing ANRE’s internal organisation and coordination processes with other relevant actors of the Moroccan electricity industry
Improving the data and analysis basis for energy system planning and developing a system for energy modelling, including medium to long-term energy scenarios
Identifying obstacles for private investment and developing statutory requirements, with a focus on increasing regulatory and bureaucratic capacity (de-risking), for example regarding implementation provisions and technical requirements for opening medium and low-voltage networks