Friday, March 29

Rural Electrification In North Africa

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by ESI Africa

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In other rural electrification news, Morocco’s Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) and Abu-Dhabi-based renewable power company Masdar in March entered into a partnership to design, supply and install 17,670 solar home systems throughout 940 villages in West African Morocco.

Masdar claimed that once the installation of the solar homes is complete together with additional electrification initiatives, 99% of rural Morocco will have access to electricity by 2017.

According to director general of ONEE Ali Fassi-Fihri, the rural electrification project meets the Moroccan government’s objective for the development of marginalised areas through development of basic infrastructure.

Fassi-Fihri said: “Rural electrification through Solar Home Systems is part of an ambitious program launched by the Moroccan government in 1996, which allowed access by connecting to the national grid more than 12 million people and equipped 51,559 homes with solar systems.

“This effort has greatly contributed to improving the living conditions of rural populations, especially those concerned by the National Initiative for Human Development.”

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