SIE: Moroccan investor backs ‘green mosques’

In a move to broaden the scope of energy efficiency efforts, Moroccan state energy investor Société d’Investissements Energetiques (SIE) has called for the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of sustainable energy units to reduce consumption and costs in a pilot group of 64 mosques, out of the 15,000 official mosques nationwide. SIE’s other energy efficiency schemes are focused on urban lighting. Bids for the mosque pilot project are due by 3 October. SIE is backing a number of smaller solar schemes across the kingdom, managing director Ahmed Baroudi said following an early September board meeting.