Background
Morocco enjoys a significant solar deposit that
amounts to more than 3,000 hours per year of sunshine, namely radiation of more
than 5.6 KW per hour, per square meter and per day. In order to
promote the solar thermal sector, the solar water heater development program
aims at increasing the mobilization of national energy resources, improving the
national electrical load curve, and preserving the environment.
The actions undertaken within the framework of this
program focus both from the quality standpoint and from the standpoint of promotion
and mechanism of support to the development of the program.
This program will also contribute to the development
of a local production sector, to the creation of new activities, new economies,
trades and employment on site, thus allowing the emergence of a national
market.
Goal
To onstall an area of 1.7
million m² of solar panels by
2020, representing a cumulative energy saving of around 100 Ktoe.
Supporting activities:
- Reduction of the VAT rate
applied to solar water
heaters (SWH) from 14 to
10% under the 2015 Finance Law ;
- Establishment of a financing
mechanism ;
- Training of installers leading
to the granting of a degree ;
- The Labeling of the SWHs that should be marketed in the
domestic market;
- Communication and
awareness-raising activities;
Contribution to the development of standards
for solar water heaters.
Achievements
v The equipment of Ibn Rochd
Casablanca University Hospital of a solar facility for the production of hot
water
This project is part of the partnership between the
Agency and the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Territory and Sea, which
aims to produce domestic hot water at the Ibn Rochd Hospital Center in Casablanca.
This project allowed for the installation of 752
square meters of solar collectors, with a production of 55 800 liters of hot
water, which represents 70% of the needs and an investment 2 946 474 Moroccan
Dirhams (MADs) (about 270, 000 Euros or 307,000 US$).
v Improved housing conditions in
social centers in the Beni Mellal-Khénifra region
This project is part of the partnership between the Agency
and the Beni Mellal-Khénifra Region, which aims to improve housing conditions
in social public institutions through solar thermal projects for the production
of hot water.
The project has enabled the development of seven solar
water heaters to provide hot water to seven social centers in the Beni Mellal - Khenifra region with
an investment of 400,000 Dirhams (about 36 700 Euros / 42 000 US$).
