North Africa's Renewable Energy Landscape: A Comparative Analysis
Dec 05, 2024Over the past decade, North Africa has made halting steps and achieved varying levels of progress toward developing its renewable energy capabilities.
Research Report
North Africa’s Power Shift: Renewable Energy Development and Energy Security
This in-depth report explores North Africa's complex renewable energy journey, highlighting the divergent paths taken in each of the five North African countries and the thematic realities and challenges each faces. Through detailed analysis of transition plans, renewable policies, and the intricate challenges of water scarcity and limited finances, this volume examines how the region can balance energy security with climate goals while addressing economic and social inequalities in an era of global transition.
About the Director
Intissar Fakir
Intissar Fakir is a senior fellow and director of MEI’s North Africa and Sahel program. She is an expert on North Africa, the Sahel, and key regional thematic issues including governance, social change, migration, and security. She has written extensively on North Africa’s evolving politics including Islamist electoral politics in post-2011 Morocco and Tunisia, the Western Sahara issue, foreign policy priorities in Morocco and the broader region, and the impact of COVID-19 on regional political stability. Her research has also included political transitions, mobilization trends, energy, and social change in Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, and Tunisia.
Advisory Council
Ahmed Attiga
Riccardo Fabiani
Mouna Ben Halima
Edward M. Gabriel
Amb. (ret.) Gordon Gray
Zineb D. Kaitouni
Aissata Lam
Mostafa Terrab
Program Experts
Tasnim Abderrahim
Non-Resident Scholar
Fadil Aliriza
Non-Resident Scholar
Rachid Aourraz
Non-Resident Scholar
Amel Boubekeur
Non-Resident Scholar
Kamissa Camara
Non-Resident Scholar
Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria
Non-Resident Scholar
Intissar Fakir
Senior Fellow and Director of Program on North Africa and the Sahel
Mary Fitzgerald
Non-Resident Scholar
Robert S. Ford
Senior Fellow
Mohammed Ahmed Gain
Non-Resident Scholar
Guillaume Soto-Mayor
Non-Resident Scholar
Jonathan M. Winer
Non-Resident Scholar
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