French company Osmosun, specialized in seawater desalination, announced earlier this month its intention to create a joint venture in Morocco–under the subsidiary entitled OSMOSUN MA–for seawater desalination utilizing solar energy.
“The aim is to provide solutions to the enormous needs generated by the country’s water crisis.” The company added, “The Moroccan government wishes to deploy sustainable solutions to the freshwater shortage affecting its population and its various economic activities, including tourism and agriculture.”
Osmosun, based in the Paris suburb of Chartres, explained that its new subsidiary in Morocco will launch a joint venture with the Moroccan industrial group PCS in order to propose relevant solutions to the National Water Plan (PNE) 2020-2050.
“This industrial and commercial partnership fits in perfectly with Osmosun’s deployment strategy,” added the company.
According to Water and Wastewater Asia magazine, the company will target small and medium-capacity desalination projects to supply drinking water to isolated areas across Morocco. It will also handle the units’ design, production, installation, commissioning, and operation stages.
It added that OSMOSUN MA will be consolidated at 50% in the Osmosun financial statements. Resources will be allocated to this subsidiary in proportion to its growth, starting with access to both companies’ existing resources.
Morocco, which already has 12 seawater desalination plants, aims to triple its capacity by 2030 to increase its proportion of drinking water generated via seawater from its current level of 11% all the way up to 50%.