By Abdullahi Lukman & Abbas Nazil
Morocco has maintained a stable presence in Africa’s off-grid renewable energy sector, with sustained deployment across household, agricultural and public-use technologies, according to new data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
IRENA’s Off-grid Renewable Energy Statistics 2025 show that Morocco’s off-grid solar capacity linked to solar lights and solar home systems reached 10.218 megawatts in 2024, unchanged since 2019 but more than double the 4.581 megawatts recorded between 2015 and 2018.
The expansion was consolidated in 2019 and has since been maintained, indicating steady deployment rather than short-term pilot growth.
A similar trend is observed in higher-capacity solar home systems above 50 watts. Installed capacity rose from 4.581 megawatts in 2015–2018 to 10.218 megawatts by 2019 and remained at that level through 2024.
The number of users of these systems increased from 294,000 to 383,000 over the same period and has also remained stable since 2019.
Solar-powered water pumping capacity expanded gradually, rising from 0.823 megawatts in 2015 to 1.574 megawatts by 2022, where it stayed through 2024.
Agricultural solar pumps accounted for 0.607 megawatts, while systems serving public water supply represented 0.058 megawatts.
Other off-grid solar photovoltaic installations peaked earlier in the period, reaching 16.927 megawatts in 2017 and 2018, before declining and stabilising at 11.198 megawatts from 2021 to 2024. All of this capacity was classified under unspecified off-grid solar uses.
The data also include clean cooking technologies, with solar cooker capacity remaining constant at 0.093 megawatts between 2015 and 2024, serving an estimated 3,000 people annually.
In addition, Morocco consistently recorded 5 megawatts of off-grid wind energy capacity throughout the entire period.
Overall, the figures highlight Morocco’s continued participation across a wide range of off-grid renewable energy technologies, covering household energy access, agriculture, public water services and clean cooking, with progress measured in both installed capacity and population served.
