Morocco isseen as a beacon of light in the otherwise disappointing North Africanrenewables market, with Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power currently building a 160MWparabolic-trough CSP plant in Ouarzazate, central Morocco.

Morocco’s4GW renewables target for the end of the decade hinges on five utility-scalesolar plants being in place – with current plans siting three of them within ornear Western Sahara.

However,sources at the European Investment Bank, the World Bank and German developmentbank KfW have told Reuters that their institutions would not backprojects in Western Sahara, given ongoing ambivalence regarding Morocco’sterritorial claim to the region.

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