In January 2022, Morocco World News reported that Equipment and Water Minister Nizar Baraka had told Moroccan state media about plans for desalination plants in Sidi Ifni and Laayoune. Baraka pointed to the country's two long coastlines and its expanding renewable energy base, which he said should allow desalination at competitive cost. The planned Dakhla plants were to run on power from local wind farms and supply drinking and irrigation water without drawing on groundwater.
The report showed Morocco tying desalination closely to its renewable energy expansion. Green power was meant to lower costs, while brine remained an open environmental question, according to the article.
Source: Morocco World News