Back in September 2022, EIB and Masen signed a cooperation agreement for a EUR 2 million grant to finance a feasibility study that would be carried out to gauge building an initial small-scale offshore wind pilot project in Morocco.
According to EIB, the initial study would encompass a technical and economic evaluation of a potential offshore wind project, produce and analyse preparatory studies necessary for the project in technical, economic, environmental and social terms, and complete a detailed assessment of the risks and challenges involved.
Estimates of the technical offshore wind potential in Morocco by the World Bank Group show the country holds 200 GW of potential offshore wind capacity – and “only” 22 GW of it is most suitable for fixed-bottom wind turbines while the remaining 178 GW are shown to be best tapped into through floating wind technology.
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