Exporting Saharan Sun To The UK
September 23rd, 2022
Via WIRED, an article on an ambitious cable project which aims to use Moroccan solar power to provide thousands of UK homes with renewable energy by 2030: By the time Scotland’s Hunterston B nuclear power station closed in January of this year, its dual reactors had produced enough energy to power 1.8 million British homes for 46 years. […]
Read more »Morocco Plans To Set Up EV Battery Gigafactory
July 25th, 2022
Via Asharq Al-Awsat, a report on Morocco’s plans to establish an EV battery gigafactory: Morocco is negotiating with electric vehicle battery manufacturers to set up a plant in the country to mesh with its existing automotive sector and cobalt output. “We hope to sign a deal for the plant before the end of this year,” […]
Read more »Will Morocco Hit An Oil Jackpot?
May 9th, 2022
Via The Africa Report, a look at how Morocco – with its promising prospects, attractive tax incentives, an avalanche of exploration permits – is pulling out all the stops to develop black gold exploration: “Morocco has hydrocarbon potential […] Moroccan basins are underexplored […] Now, significant investments are needed to determine its economic importance and […]
Read more »How Morocco Transformed Itself Into A Carmaking Hub
October 13th, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how Morocco transformed itself into a carmaking hub: Each year, Moroccans buy about 160,000 new cars — a relatively small number for a population of 36m. Yet, despite modest sales, the kingdom has gained critical mass as an automotive manufacturing hub. In 2018, it surpassed South Africa […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.