Moroccan renewable energies center developed techniques enabling to spare 500,000 tons of wood a year

The techniques developed by the Moroccan Renewable Energies Development Center (CDER) enable to spare 500,000 tons of fire wood every year, director of the center, Abdelhanine Benallou, disclosed here.

Benallou said during a recently-held information and awareness day on energy sparing by Hammams (public baths) that the center developed an environment-friendly bath boiler that can save up to 50% of the fire wood used for traditional boilers. Some 40 Hammams in Marrakesh are today equipped with this new boiler and the center is promoting it around the country, as generalizing its use will reduce fire wood consumption and preserve the environment, the CDER director said.

During the information day, the center signed a cooperation convention with a local association of Hammam owners, under which the association members will benefit from the technologies developed by the center.

According to the center's statistics, there are 5,000 traditional Hammams and showers in Morocco, consuming an average 800 kg of wood a day each.

The center also developed a solar energy oven that will be marketed in the rural world within two months, he said.

According to the CDER, in Morocco, some 6 Million tons of fire wood are consumed and about 30,000 Ha of forests are depleted every year.