A New Approach to Energy Transition in Morocco for Low Carbon and Sustainable Industry (Case of Textile Sector)

Energies

Badr Ouhammou¹  Rachid Saadani²  Slimane Smouh²  Abdelmajid Jamil³  Fatima Zohra Gargab³  Abdel Ali Mana³ 

[1] Faculty of Science of Kenitra, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra 14000, Morocco;High School of Technology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Km 5, Agouray Street P1, Meknes 50040, Morocco;High School of Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Imouzzer Road, Fez 30000, Morocco;

关键词: efficiency;    energy;    sustainability;    textile industry;    decarbonation;    solar energy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en15103693

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Morocco has resolutely committed to the green transition of its economy by opting for industry decarbonation, which now imposes itself as an essential access criterion to foreign markets. Intending to include energy efficiency in the leading players in energy-intensive industries, this paper has the main objective of contributing to a better understanding of the decarbonation plans potential impact, taking the example of solar energy integrating opportunities as an action for a thrifty, sustainable, and low carbon Moroccan industry. Indeed, the paper focuses on the industrial textile sector, such as the energy-intensive industry. This sector is the first employer and the most important industrial activity; it is also an icon and the oldest industry in Morocco. This study examines the energy, economic and environmental fallout, evaluating the productions, the investment and the CO₂ emissions limit. Besides, the energy industrial sector is characterized by a strong dependence on fossil imports, which increases the energy factor and price. In this regard, several geographical sites and factories were studied under six climatic regional conditions, proposing the most optimal and sustainable configurations for each location and present models with scopes and levels of energy and environment gains and investments that can inspire the sector actors. Then the present work must install concepts by inspiring local factories, accompanying the national vision, and resizing the industrial ecology. In this paper, a power of 8.88 MW is the total power installed, which provides an annual total of 8484.65 tonnes of CO₂, with an average payback time between 2.6 years and 4.5 years, and attractive economic parameters, with an LCOE of 0.034 $/kWh and $181,863 for the NPC, those outputs shows the importance of environmental gains that the generalization of this strategic vision can achieve.

【 授权许可】

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