The Rome-based RES4Africa Foundation, committed in creating enabling environment for renewable energy investments in Africa, and Cluster Solaire, the Moroccan platform working to develop a competitive solar industrial sector, concluded an agreement to deepen their collaboration in the promotion of renewable energy solutions in Morocco.
With the Letter of Intent, the two organisations identify synergies to cooperate together in shaping enabling environments for renewable energy investments, promoting joint actions on private-public dialogue on scaling up RES and expanding activities of knowledge creation and capacity building.
Specifically, the parties agreed to share knowledge and expertise to renewable energy technological advancements and policies, as well as business models and best practices drawing on RES4Africa Foundation partners’ experiences and Cluster Solaire’s members and start-ups. They will also carry out joint studies related to RE technologies, green hydrogen, energy transition, grid access and integration of renewable energy into the electricity network and rural decentralized electrification. The cooperation will also pursue the creation of a consortium dedicated to the promotion of clean energy solutions in the North-African country. Lastly, RES4Africa and Cluster Solaire will also collaborate to develop joint projects on advancing innovation and acceleration of the deployment of renewable energy at national and international level, as well on business-to-governments events and webinars.
“Morocco is the country of Mediterranean Africa that most of all is focusing on renewable energy to ensure sustainable and lasting development.” said Roberto Vigotti, RES4Africa’s Secretary General “As key driver of the whole continent energy sector, strong partnerships with local stakeholders like Cluster Solair are fundamental to pursue RES4Africa’s mission of creating an enabling environment for Africa’s just energy transition”.
“Today, Cluster Solaire plays a catalytic role for the development of a competitive industrial sector in the renewable energies and green technologies sector in Morocco.” added Fatima Zahra El Khalifa, Cluster Solaire’s Executive Director “It aims, through this partnership with RES4Africa, to maximize synergies and improve the productivity of Moroccan companies and their capacity for innovation. As the renewable energy ecosystem is more and more mature, it is necessary to leverage this sector to achieve sustainable growth of the national economy. “
