Al-Adawi: “Morocco has made significant achievements that have strengthened its position in the energy field. »

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Heba Press

Zainab Al-Adawi, first chairwoman of the Supreme Accounts Council, stressed the need to establish a comprehensive vision in the field of energy sector planning.

Al-Adawi said, during a joint plenary session of the House of Representatives and Advisors dedicated to presenting the work of the Supreme Accounting Council for the period 2023-2024, that the national energy strategy 2009-2030 included a group of important components such as the electricity, renewable energy, energy efficiency, fuels and hydrocarbons, nuclear energy and mineral exploration sectors. hydrocarbons and bioenergy, noting that significant achievements have been made which have enabled it to strengthen its position. Morocco is in the field of energy transition, as it ranks fourth in Africa and third in the Arab world in terms of installed capacity to produce electricity from renewable energy sources.

Al-Adawi stressed that certain aspects of this strategy “still need to be improved and are mainly related to the governance of the energy sector and the extent to which the objectives set for the different components of this strategy are achieved”.

In this regard, he noted that energy planning mainly focuses on the electricity sector, where equipment plans related to the production and transportation of electrical energy have been developed, “while this process does not include other important aspects such as security of supply, energy efficiency and diversifying energy sources, which highlights the need to establish a comprehensive vision in this sector.

Furthermore, adds the First President of the Superior Council of Accounts, “the use of the contractual mechanism between the State and public institutions and entrepreneurs in the energy sector has remained limited, despite the implementation of several initiatives in this direction », noting that since 2008, that is to say that before the launch of the strategy, two program contracts were concluded only, with the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water, the first covered the period 2008-2011, and the second covered the period 2014-2017.