Building an underwater energy interconnector to transport solar energy from North Africa, particularly Morocco, to Europe. This is the ambitious project of Andrew Forrest, founder of the Australian mining giant Fortescue. The drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit global warming, energy security, and the generalization of access to energy have contributed to the adoption of the Moroccan Energy Strategy, with a strong focus on renewable energy (RE). Morocco is notoriously poor in conventional. Australian industrial group Fortescue, led by billionaire Andrew Forrest, is developing an ambitious project to transform Morocco into a green energy bridge between Africa and Europe. The initiative aims to establish 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind capacity in North Africa, capable of. Solar power in Morocco is enabled by the country having very high rates of solar insolation — about 3,000 hours per year of sunshine, which rises to 3,600 hours in the desert. The aim of the. Morocco's state energy agency and national utility have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) and begun construction on six Noor Atlas solar plants totaling 305 MW. Fortescue wants to produce at least 100 GW of clean energy in North Africa.
