This bulletin is structured around several axes, including “National demand for water: gap between growing needs and inelastic availability”, “Medium-long term national water strategy: between development of supply and rationalization of demand”, “Desalination of sea water: an essential path in strengthening water resources” and “Water highways in Morocco: a spatial redistribution of available water resources”, indicates the CMC in a press release.
These also include areas of national energy demand, the development of renewable energies in Morocco, the Dakhla-Casablanca electric highway which is considered an important pillar in Morocco’s energy strategy, as well as the green hydrogen and nuclear power, adds the same source.
In this issue, the CMC underlines that the Moroccan context is characterized by increasing water scarcity, unprecedented environmental challenges and a pressing need for innovation in the management of water resources, noting that the desalination of sea water is emerging as a promising path and offers security potential, while posing technical, economic and environmental problems.
On the subject of the Dakhla-Casablanca electric highway, the Center believes that this initiative, which is part of an approach to sustainable development and energy transition, is the symbol of a profound transformation affecting various aspects of Moroccan society. Led by the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), this project is part of a national strategy aimed at diversifying and decarbonizing the country’s energy sources.
Regarding green hydrogen, the CMC notes that this term, now omnipresent in discussions on the global energy transition, represents an exceptional opportunity for Morocco, a country at the crossroads of energy and environmental paths. This molecule, produced by electrolysis of water using electricity from renewable sources, is envisaged as a key vector for achieving carbon neutrality, a global goal aimed at balancing greenhouse gas emissions through their reduction and absorption.
Concerning the axis of nuclear power, the Center considers that for a country like Morocco, the development of nuclear energy presents itself as a promising path. “It seems in view of current data that the most suitable option to meet the pressing needs of Morocco, taking into account the ongoing transformations but also the current constraints of the energy landscape, is that of new technologies of small modular reactors (SMR) “, notes the same source.
SMRs, whose capacity varies from 300 to 600 MW, in fact present numerous advantages given their size, their flexibility, the simplicity of their management method and their cost competitiveness, specifies the CMC.