Morocco is planning to abandon coal power altogether by 2040 if it secures international climate finance, the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) said on Thursday. In a statement relayed by Reuters, the PPCA, a coalition of around 60 governments of which Morocco has been a member since 2023, said that the country would still aim to phase out coal in the 2040s even without international support. «Morocco has stopped planning for new coal power plants», the country's energy minister was quoted as saying in the PPCA statement. Official figures from 2024 suggest that coal accounts for 59.3% of Morocco's electricity mix, down from 70% in 2022. The Kingdom is targeting 52% of installed capacity from renewables by 2030, up from 45% currently.
