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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Morocco
Author : Gawdat Bahgat
Published in: Alternative Energy in the Middle East
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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The kingdom of Morocco is different from its North African neighbours in many ways. Algeria, Libya, and Egypt hold substantial oil and gas deposits and for a long time have been its major producers and exporters. Morocco, on the other hand, has very limited indigenous reserves. The kingdom is heavily dependent on foreign supplies to meet its growing energy demands. The country’s high rates of population growth and urbanization, as well as economic expansion, mean rising energy consumption and wider gap between supply and demand. This heavy dependency on imported fossil fuels adds more burden on the country’s trade and financial deficit.