Achieving inclusive competitiveness in the emerging solar energy sector in Marocco / Georgeta Vidican ... Bonn : Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, 2013 ; Halle (Saale) : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2013
Inhalt
Acknowledgements
Contents
Executive summary
1 The importance of renewable energy for the MENA region
1.1 Research questions and methods
1.2 Data collection and analysis
1.3 Summary of findings and outline of the study
2 Analytical framework
2.1 Inclusive competitiveness
2.2 Achieving inclusive competitiveness in the emerging solar sector
3 Morocco and its emerging solar energy industry
3.1 Socio-economic development in Morocco
3.2 Morocco’s energy sector
3.3 Morocco’s renewable energy potential and targets
4 Mapping capabilities in the solar energy sector
4.1 Existing capabilities within the value chain and potential employment effects
4.2 Potential measures to enhance domestic capabilities
5 Enhancing technological capabilities
5.1 The relevance of knowledge and R&D capabilities for competitiveness
5.1.1 Activities at universities and research institutes
5.1.2 Fostering cooperation with the private sector
5.1.3 Policy recommendations
5.2 Industrial upgrading programmes
5.2.1 Elements of industrial upgrading
5.2.2 Upgrading programmes in Morocco
5.2.3 Policy recommendations
6 Market creation
6.1 Market-creation policies
6.2 Energy subsidies
6.3 Policy recommendations
7 Mobilising private sector investment
7.1 Key challenges for renewable energy investments in MENA
7.2 Investment promotion and facilitation
7.2.1 Determinants for investment in renewable energy projects
7.2.1.1 Project-specific incentives
7.2.1.2 Investment facilitation
7.2.2 Policy recommendations
7.3 Investment financing
7.3.1 The Moroccan banking sector
7.3.2 Other domestic financial actors
7.3.3 Bi- and multilateral development banks
7.3.4 Policy recommendations
8 Fostering business linkages
8.1 The importance of business linkages for competitiveness
8.2 Existing programmes for facilitating business linkages in Morocco
8.3 Domestic experience with business linkages
8.3.1 Business partnerships / joint ventures
8.3.2 Inter-company training
8.3.3 Technology licensing
8.3.4 Supplier development programmes
8.3.5 Local content requirements
8.4 Policy recommendations
9 Towards an integrated strategy for industrial development
9.1 Identifying binding constraints and building a national strategy
9.1.1 The growth diagnostics framework
9.1.2 Framework for growth identification and facilitation
9.1.3 Value chain approach
9.1.4 Technology foresight
9.1.5 Multi-sector Partnerships
9.2 Overcoming constraints
9.2.1 Key constraints
9.2.1.1 Transparency and predictability
9.2.1.2 Inter-agency coordination
9.2.1.3 Stakeholder consultation
9.2.2 A strategic approach to the development of the solar sector in Morocco
9.2.3 The Moroccan Solar Energy Council
9.3 Policy recommendations
10 Conclusion
11 A road map for achieving inclusive competitiveness in the emerging solar energy sector
11.1 Strategy development process
11.2 Concentrated solar power
11.3 Solar photovoltaic
11.4 Solar water heaters
11.5 Solar water pumps