First Desertec deal delayed as partners wait for Spain

The plan would flow clean power from the Moroccan desert to Spain

The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) has been forced to postpone the announcement of a political framework supporting its first project – a 150MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Morocco – because Spain has not yet agreed to the details.

It is unclear why Spain has not yet signed-off on the long-planned memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will lay out the rules governing the importation of clean electricity from Morocco to Europe, a DII spokesman tells Recharge.

The negotiations surrounding the MOU are happening behind closed doors, and DII is not directly involved. All the other countries privy to the agreement – Germany, Morocco, France, Italy, Malta and Luxembourg – are ready to sign up, the spokesman says.

He adds that a high-level Moroccan official recently indicated that the MOU would be unveiled Log in to read complete article.

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