Morocco’s production of hydroelectricity dropped by nearly 58 percent between 2021 and 2022, in the wake of a decline in water levels across dams in the country, according to figures shared by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Hydropower production in Morocco reached 197 gigawatts at the end of last June, compared to 467 gigawatts in 2021.
The Ministry stated that the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water was able to upkeep the electricity supply despite the suspension of Algerian natural gas in November 2021.
The office resorted to reactivating coal-fired power plants, which were previously shut down, in addition to importing electric power from the Spanish market.
Production of coal-based thermal energy increased by 6.8 percent from June 2021 to June 2022 to 14,487 gigawatts in 2022, compared to 13566 gigawatts last year.
The Office was able to hold out against the sharp rise in fuel prices for a period of more than 10 months in the international market, which witnessed an increase of more than 3 times the cost of a kilowatt-hour, as the price of coal in June 2022 amounted to 425 dollars per ton compared to 60 dollars in last year’s fee.
The total capacity of electricity production in Morocco at the end of 2021 amounted to a total of 10,743 megawatts, compared to 10,627 megawatts in 2020, of which 4,050 megawatts are from renewable energies, which represents 37.7 percent of the national electric package.
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