Morocco
MARMorocco is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
22% of its electricity is wind and solar; 76% is still fossil. Both are true at once, and that tension is the whole story of the transition.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 3 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Morocco buys in more electricity than it sends out.
What this means
The share of the electricity used here that was generated abroad and carried in over high-voltage lines. The higher it climbs, the more this country relies on a neighbour to keep its lights on.
Most of the fuel behind this grid is bought from abroad.
What this means
How much of what this grid runs on the country can supply itself. Sun, wind and water count fully, because nobody can cut them off; coal, gas and oil only as far as the country digs them up. A high score is not the same as a good grid: mining your own coal scores well, importing uranium scores badly.
Also true of Morocco
Morocco is third in Africa for coal.
Coal supplies 62% of its electricity.
Morocco is third in Africa for wind.
Wind supplies 16% of its electricity.
Morocco has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
Low-carbon electricity went from 9% to 24% in 20 years.
Morocco’s neighbours
AlgeriaAlgeria runs almost entirely on gas.
MauritaniaMauritania has about as many people as Norway, and 71 times less electricity to share between them.
SpainSolar overtook wind on Spain's grid in 2025.
FranceFrance is first in the world for nuclear.
PortugalHydro overtook wind on Portugal's grid in 2024.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Morocco. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.