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  • The Role of the Mining Industry in the Energy Transition

    • September 22, 2020
    • Posted by: Alaae Sbai
    • Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy, Economics, Energy
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    The Role of the Mining industry in the Energy Transition

    The energy transition is, as defined by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), a pathway towards the global energy sector from fossil-based to zero-carbon by the second half of this century.  The mining industry plays a focal role in addressing global warming and supporting the global energy transition. Although being a notoriously energy-intensive and high

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  • “Power to X”: What role could Morocco play in this new paradigm?

    • April 13, 2020
    • Posted by: Alaae Sbai
    • Category: Africa, Economics, Energy, North Africa, Sustainable Development, Technology
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    "Power to X": What role could Morocco play in this new paradigm?

    “Power to X” in few words “Power to X” or “PtX” is a technology that consists in transforming electricity into another energy vector. This “X-vector” could be heat (Power to Heat) to meet industrial needs or to supply heating networks. It could also be a synthesis gas (Power to Gas) such as hydrogen for mobility

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  • Concentrated Solar Power

    • November 28, 2019
    • Posted by: Alaae Sbai
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Economics, Energy, Natural Resources & Energy, North Africa
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    Concentrated Solar Power
    In southern Morocco, on the edge of the Saharan desert, sits one of the world’s most remarkable engineering projects: the Noor Power Plant. This is the second largest solar plant in the world with a total capacity of 510MW and an area that dwarfs the nearby city of Ouarzazate.  However, its staggering size is not
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  • Solar powered oil recovery: a model for the future?

    • December 4, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Blog Category, Middle East, Natural Resources & Energy, Sustainable Development
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    Experiences from Oman’s Miraah power plant Over the last decade, due to its maturing oil fields and limited reserves, Oman's domestic crude oil production relied heavily on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods. Just as in Oman, most of the global oil production comes from mature or maturing fields with an average recovery factor of around
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  • Renewable Energy in the MENA Region

    • December 11, 2015
    • Posted by: admin
    • Category: Africa, Natural Resources & Energy
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    For years, energy has been heavily subsidized in the MENA region. As stated by the IMF, in 2011 energy subsidies represented 8.5 % of GDP and 22 % of government revenue, at a total cost of $240 billion. Moreover, “six of the world’s largest subsidizing countries are found in MENA, led by Kuwait, Iran, Saudi

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