21 May 2002 — A consortium led by Total Energie and comprising shareholders
TotalFinaElf, through its subsidiary Total Maroc, and Electricité de
France (EDF), has been awarded a contract for a rural solar power electrification
program covering 16,000 households in Morocco.
The solar power electrification program, part of the Global Rural Electrification
Program (PERG) being implemented by ONE, covers rural regions remote from the
electricity grid and scattered housing southeast of Rabat and Casablanca. Each
household will be equipped with a solar panel and battery system to supply power
for lighting and domestic appliances. Installation of the systems will take
place over a period of four years, beginning in the second half of 2002.
