Morocco is seeking a second gateway to the European electricity grid. Rabat and Lisbon are relaunching their interconnection project, but the direct cable, its route and its financing have yet to be determined.
The project for Morocco’s first offshore wind farm has reached a new stage. An international consortium has just been tasked with studying its feasibility over two years, with particular attention being paid to the Atlantic coast near Essaouira.
British company Talisman Metals has just launched 33 drill holes in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains to search for copper and silver. The campaign will cover four kilometers on the Tirzzit project, located about 225 kilometers east of Agadir.
The price of diesel continues to rise in Morocco. Since July 16, four successive increases have added around 2.40 dirhams per litre, with the fuel now selling for about 15 dirhams at service stations.
Electricity consumption rose by 8.4% in Morocco in the first half of 2026, while national production increased by only 1.6%. This gap was accompanied by a 34.6% surge in imports.
Gas volumes transported from Spain to Morocco fell sharply in the second half of August. The nearly one-third decline came after the summer peak in electricity consumption, while the Kingdom remains dependent on Spanish infrastructure to import its LNG.
As Spanish media discuss energy levers that could be used against Morocco following the Ceuta crisis, a power cut plunged the Congress Defence Committee into darkness as it met to hear Minister Margarita Robles.
Morocco is gradually advancing its interests vis-à-vis Spain by combining immigration, the economy, energy and territorial claims, without crossing the threshold of open conflict. This is the analysis of Samuel Morales, a Spanish lieutenant colonel specializing in so-called “grey zone” strategies.
Despite tensions surrounding Ceuta, Morocco and Spain have never been so closely linked economically. Trade, automotive, textiles, tourism and energy now form an interconnected web of interests that a prolonged crisis would make both countries pay for.
At a time when tensions over Ceuta are weakening bilateral relations, energy figures reveal a less visible dependence: in 2025, Spain supplied the equivalent of 8 % of Morocco’s electricity demand, as well as nearly a quarter of its imports of petroleum products.
At the end of 2025, renewables accounted for 39.6 % of installed electricity capacity in Morocco, compared with 2.1 % in Algeria. Their share of the electricity generation fleet is therefore nearly 19 times higher in Morocco, according to the latest available international statistics.
Morocco could achieve its target of raising renewable energy to 52 % of its installed electricity capacity two years ahead of schedule. The IEA PVPS now estimates that this threshold, set for 2030, could be reached as early as 2028.