Morocco and Spain 's electricity grid operators have signed 700 memorandums of understanding: the first covering the construction of a 700 MW power interconnector between the two nations, and the first involving a strategic partnership aimed at the integration of networks and energy markets. Analysts hope this third €150m ( $170m ) Moroccan interconnection could increase solar energy in the European grid. A second electricity interconnection, of the same technical capacity and 31.3 km long, was commissioned in the summer of 2016. However, the commission of a 1.4 GW Moroccan coal power plant in December could lead to imports of cheap fossil fuel-generated energy instead.
Morocco and Spain 's electricity grid operators have signed 700 memorandums of understanding: the first covering the construction of a 700 MW power interconnector between the two nations, and the first involving a strategic partnership aimed at the integration of networks and energy markets. Analysts hope this third €150m ( $170m ) Moroccan interconnection could increase solar energy in the European grid. However, the commission of a 1.4 GW Moroccan coal power plant in December could lead to imports of cheap fossil fuel-generated energy instead.