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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9184

4 May 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/morocco/energy
Seeking, like EU, to diversify energy sources, Morocco intends to use nuclear for electricity production

Casablanca, 03/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - Morocco, heavily dependent on oil (60.6% of the energy used in electricity production) and coal (31.5%), and so on imports, is seeking, like the EU, to diversify its sources of energy supply to meet its electricity needs, which are rising by 8% annually. Currently, Morocco has five major power stations - three coal-fired (Jorf Lasfar, Mohammedia and Jerada) and two oil-fired (Mohammedia and Kenitra) - and several other smaller thermal plants which...

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