UNEP Clean Energy Voyage 2013 - Next stop: Maghreb

32 MAGHREB I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. Thomas Edison From Casablanca to the Kasbah, North Africa’s Maghreb region is fast becoming a primary destination for clean energy. Famous for being Europe’s winter escape station, the sun-drenched region now boasts one of the most ambitious solar projects in the world. NEXT STOP: In the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) investment topped US$2.9 billion in 2012, up 40% from 2011 and +650% from 2004. In Morocco, US$ 9 billion will be invested to build 2 GW of solar power by 2020. Enough to supply 40%of the nation’s electricity needs.

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