Module 012 · Energy Intelligence
Wind & Sun
Morocco's renewable energy mapped as radial blooms
Each bloom is one installation. Twelve spokes — one per month. The radius is energy output. Solar installations swell in summer. Wind farms fatten in winter. Hydro blooms with spring snowmelt. The shape tells you when and where the energy flows.
Morocco has 3,000 hours of sunshine per year. Wind speeds of 9–11 m/s on theAtlantic coast. A 60% wind capacity factor — three times the European average. The target: 52% renewable electricity by 2030. At end of 2024, it reached 44%.
44%
Renewable share (2024)
52%
Target (2030)
3.8GW
Installed capacity mapped
9.9TWh
Annual output mapped
3,000
Hours of sun / year
60%
Wind capacity factor
Installation Map — Click markers to explore. Circle size = capacity (MW).
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Noor Ouarzazate I–IV
Draa-Tafilalet
Noor Midelt I
Draa-Tafilalet
Noor Laayoune
Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra
Noor Boujdour
Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra
Tarfaya Wind Farm
Guelmim-Oued Noun
Akhfennir I & II
Guelmim-Oued Noun
Boujdour Wind Farm
Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra
Jbel Sendouq (Tangier)
Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma
Khalladi (Tangier)
Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma
Midelt Wind
Draa-Tafilalet
Jbel Lahdid (Essaouira)
Marrakech-Safi
Al Wahda Dam
Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma
Bin el Ouidane
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Afourer STEP
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Seasonal Complementarity — Why Morocco's Mix Works
The Sun
3,000 hours of sunshine per year. Up to 3,600 in the Saharan south. The Noor Ouarzazate complex — 3,000 hectares of mirrors in the desert — stores energy in molten salt to deliver power after sunset. It was the first plant in Africa to prove that solar could work at utility scale. By 2028, Noor Midelt will be the world's largest solar hybrid.
The Wind
The Atlantic trade winds blow steadily along 3,000 kilometres of coast. Tarfaya's wind farm runs at 45% capacity factor — among the best on Earth for onshore wind, and three times the European average. Wind accounts for 44% of Morocco's renewable output. In winter, when solar dips, wind takes over. The complementarity is natural.
The Water
Atlas Mountain snowmelt feeds reservoirs that peak in spring — exactly when both solar and wind are between seasons. The Afourer pumped-storage plant acts as a 460 MW battery, absorbing excess renewable energy and releasing it on demand. Hydro is 40% of renewables — the silent backbone.
Morocco imports 97% of its fossil fuel. It exports sunshine.
The kingdom ranked in the top 10 of the Climate Change Performance Index 2025 — higher than most EU countries. Not because of wealth, but because of geography, political will, and the simple arithmetic of a country that decided to build its economy on what it has rather than what it buys.
Sources
Installation data: MASEN (Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy); ONEE (Office National de l'Électricité et de l'Eau Potable); Global Energy Monitor wind/solar trackers; IRENA Renewable Energy Statistics 2024. Capacity factors: SolarPower Europe Morocco Market Report 2025; Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Morocco assessment. Monthly output profiles modeled from solar irradiance data (SolarGIS) and wind resource atlas (CDER/GIZ) with seasonal corrections from ONCF operational reports. National targets: Morocco National Energy Strategy (2009, updated 2021); NDC commitments under Paris Agreement. Climate ranking: CCPI 2025.
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