University:
University of Michigan
Course:
ECON 340 | International Economics
Academic year:

2021
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14

Pages:

10
Author:

sidnejskogh

“The End of Oil, US Security, & the Future of the Middle East”: • Morocco: 42% Renewables by 2020 • Morocco plans 2 GW new solar generation by 2020; plans to get 37% of electricity from solar by 2030 • 2 GW new wind by 2020 720 MW under development in Tarfaya (300 MW), Akhfenir (200 MW), Bab El Oued-Laayoune (50 MW), Haouma (50 MW) and Jbel Khalladi (120 MW) o 1000 MW planned in 5 new sites chosen for their great potential: Tanger2 (150 MW), El BaidaKoudia in Tetouan (300 MW), Taza (150 MW), Tiskrad Laayoune (300 MW) and Boujdour (100 MW). o o Objectives of the wind energy program are: • Increase the share of wind power in the national energy balance to 14% by 2020 o Achieve a production capacity from wind power of 2 GW and annual production capacity of 6600 GWh, corresponding to 26% of current electricity generation o Save annually 1.5 million tons of fuel, matching the sum of 750 million U.S. dollars, and prevent the emission of 5.6 million tonnes of CO2 per year. • 1 GW wind-hydro, 1 GW micro-hydro Tangiers: Zero Carbon Renault Auto Factory Ouarzazate, Morocco Nour Concentrated Solar Plants (500 GW) 2 GW Wind Energy by 2020 End of US Oil/Gas Imperialism? • New relationship of countries like Morocco to leading economies • Fields of investment, production, sustainable development • Decline in influence of rentier oil & gas monarchies • Reverse Dutch disease • Security implications o No need for 5th US Fleet in Bahrain, Persian Gulf o Less pressure for US military interventions o Less opportunity for rentier terrorism

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