Sustainable Development in Morocco

I just had a chat with Sara Chiguer, a terrific young lady in Morocco.  Sara is involved in a great number of “green” activities, including her support of some advocacy groups that are extremely active in bringing about a sustainable approach to living in Northern Africa.  Readers will want to check out the Moroccan Organization for Sustainable Development. 

She writes:

I do appreciate this (2GreenEnergy) initiative. I would like to inform you that there are many projects in Morocco in the field of renewable energies and sustainable development. They encourage investors from foreign countries. Morocco has a number of collaborative programs, called Implementing Agreements, managed under the umbrella of the International Energy Agency to help find solutions to worldwide energy problems.

I also want you to know that I am the team leader of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) and we have to work on economic, environmental and social projects in order to help people in need.

I asked Sara about the plan to build an enormous amount of concentrated solar power (CSP, aka solar thermal) and transmit the power to Europe, under the Mediterranean Sea. Obviously this is a long-term plan, but I’ve come across the notion several times. Where does it stand?  Sara will hunt something up for me and send it.  When she does, I’ll happily write a post on it.