Solar power in Morocco is enabled by the country having one of the highest rates of solar among other countries— about 3,000 hours per year of sunshine but up to 3,600 hours in the desert. has launched one of the world’s largest solar energy projects costing an estimated $9 billion. The aim of the project was to create 2,000 megawatts of solar generation capacity by 20. .
In January 2004, the Office National de l'Electricité (ONE) announced US$3.4 billion energy development plan, in which played a key role. The goal was to provide 80 percent of rural areas with electricity by 2008, while increasing the share of renewable energy from 0.24 percent in 2003 to 10 percent in 2011. The plan called for two new wind projects, as well as a 200–250 MW thermo-solar facility in d’Ain Beni Mathar, of which 30 MW was to be ge.
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