 The Impact of the COVID Pandemic: What Can We Expect for Morocco’s Energy Future?Maryeme Kettani () and
María Eugenia Sanin Vázquez
A chapter in Energy Transition, Climate Change, and COVID-19, 2021, pp 155-177 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter investigates the impact of the pandemic in the Moroccan economy and consequently in the electricity demand. We first explore the short-run impact of the lockdown in the shape of demand load, and then we move to a more comprehensive study of the impact of the pandemic on the Moroccan economy, and on the way, this may influence electricity demand in the middle to long term. Our main findings are that lockdown sharply decreased electricity demand on average, having also an impact on the shape of the load curve by decreasing baseload more importantly than peak-load. In the case of Morocco, since it is a Muslim country, this effect is accentuated by the flattening impact of Ramadan on the load. In relation to the long-term impact of the pandemic on electricity demand, there is no catch-up, i.e., the Moroccan economy does not go back to the pre-pandemic. Consequently, the demand for electricity is lower and stays lower after the pandemic and up to 2030. Keywords: COVID; Pandemic; Energy; Electricity; Morocco (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-79713-3_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79713-3_9 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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