{"id":5665,"date":"2011-11-04T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=5665"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:46:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:46:32","slug":"alternative-energy-network-in-north-africa-and-middle-east-to-kick-off-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/alternative-energy-network-in-north-africa-and-middle-east-to-kick-off-in-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Energy Network in North Africa and Middle East To Kick Off in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/desertec.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/desertec-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"desertec\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/desertec-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/desertec.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Morocco has been chosen as the first location for a German-led, \u00e2\u201a\u00ac400bn (US$550.9bn) project to build a vast network of solar and windfarms across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to provide 15% of Europe&#8217;s electricity supply by 2050.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\" target=\"_blank\">alternative energy<\/a> plans were announced at a conference in Cairo on Wednesday; Morocco is the chosen location for the first project, which will be a solar farm.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">UK Guardian<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.dii-eumena.com\" target=\"_blank\">Desertec Industrial Initiative<\/a> (Dii) will kick off the first phase of the project with a 500 MW solar farm whose construction is scheduled to begin next year. The desert city of Ouarzazate is the likely location of the farm. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s all systems go in Morocco. We have secured the support of politicians and investors&#8221;, said Paul van Son, Dii\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s CEO. Dii will disclose the details of the first stage of the 150-Megawatt project at the start of 2012. Also in 2012 the organization will publish its &#8220;EUMENA 2050&#8221;, providing guidelines on restructuring the energy industry in the Arab nations and Europe based on renewable sources of energy.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not all unfettered, brave-new-world optimism, though. Still according to the Guardian report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.germanwatch.org\/start\/english.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Germanwatch<\/a>, an NGO that monitors German developments, is concerned as to whether local people will benefit from the scheme while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greenpeace Germany<\/a> said it will follow the project carefully to make sure European companies to do get their hands on local resources.<\/p>\n<p>Dii says any accusations of neo-colonialism are unjust. It said MENA nations themselves specify the condition of the collaboration.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a &#8220;win-win&#8221; situation for industries in the region and Europe. It is a matter of working together on the same level\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, it said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You should follow us <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/energyrefuge\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li>No Related Posts Found! Go find some...<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco has been chosen as the first location for a German-led, \u00e2\u201a\u00ac400bn (US$550.9bn) project to build a vast network of solar and windfarms across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to provide 15% of Europe&#8217;s electricity supply by 2050. Related Posts:No Related Posts Found! 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