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May 21, 2013

Morocco to harness the wind in energy hunt
Tarfaya, Morocco (AFP) May 18, 2013
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in 2014. The kingdom, which has no hydrocarbon reserves of its own, hopes to cover 42 percent of its energy needs with renewable sources by 2020, and has launched a plan to produce 4,000 megawatts. Half of this will come from solar energy: at the beginning of May, the first of five solar power plants near Ouarzazate was offic ... read more

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