Djibouti: Djibouti’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Djama Mohamed Hassan expressed his country’s commitment to benefiting from Moroccan expertise in the development of clean energies, within the framework of South-South cooperation.
According to Agence Marocaine De Presse, during a working meeting held on Monday in Djibouti with the joint delegation of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI), and the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), the minister discussed the project of a solar power plant with energy storage. This project is aimed primarily at boosting Djibouti’s energy independence.
This meeting also focused on the progress of a development, construction, and operation project for a solar power plant with storage, tailored for the Djiboutian context. The Djiboutian minister highlighted the importance of research and innovation in meeting the national energetic demand and driving the country’s economic development ambitions.
He explained that opting for solar technology with storage met the criteria of sustainability and adaptation to local climate conditions. The minister mentioned that nearly 80% of the consumed electricity in the country is already generated from green sources, largely due to a combination of wind power and imported hydroelectricity. He also stressed the urgent need to scale up domestic production to support industrialization and the establishment of local processing units.
The minister reaffirmed the government’s objective to strengthen the country’s energetic sovereignty through important national production, calling for a rapid execution of the project. For their part, MASEN representatives presented several renewable energy projects developed in Morocco, pledging to place their technical expertise at Djibouti’s disposal to ensure the selected solutions are adapted to local realities.
Discussions also covered the technical and operational dimensions of the project, including the proposed technologies and deployment frameworks.