A high-level delegation from Grenada’s Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy (MCRERE) has traveled to Morocco for a five-day knowledge-sharing mission focused on renewable energy development, running from September 28 to October 2, 2026. Led by Permanent Secretary Peron Johnson, the delegation includes two key senior leaders: Leslie Smith, Director of Renewable Energy, and Titus Antoine, Director of Climate Resilience.
Hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco via the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen), this mission is designed to let the Grenadian team study firsthand Morocco’s decades-long progress in scaling up renewable energy and advancing its own just clean energy transition. The structured program covers a wide range of critical topics, from national renewable energy policy formulation and strategic spatial planning to project development, climate finance mobilization, investment structuring, and on-the-ground practical insights into renewable energy technology deployment and large-scale infrastructure buildout. Beyond knowledge gathering, the mission also creates space to explore potential bilateral collaboration avenues between Grenada and Masen that could support future clean energy projects in the Caribbean.
As a core component of the itinerary, the delegation has conducted technical site visits to some of Morocco’s most prominent utility-scale renewable energy facilities. These include the 140-megawatt Tangiers I Wind Farm, the massive Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex – one of the largest concentrated solar power facilities in Africa – and the Casablanca-based Renewable Energy Cluster, a hub for innovation and industry collaboration in the clean energy sector.
During their time in Morocco, the delegation also paid a formal courtesy visit to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Embassy in Rabat, where they met with senior embassy officials to discuss the future of energy development across the OECS bloc. The talks centered on aligning regional approaches to renewable energy expansion, strengthening cross-border collaboration and knowledge sharing, identifying regional investment opportunities, and designing collective measures to boost energy resilience for all OECS member states.
This mission comes at a pivotal moment for Grenada, as the island nation works to deliver on the commitments laid out in its national Vision 75 Agenda. Key priorities that the mission will support include accelerating the deployment of renewable energy capacity, strengthening domestic energy security and climate resilience, reducing the country’s heavy reliance on costly imported fossil fuels, and attracting the international investment needed to complete the transition to a low-carbon energy system.
Policymakers in Grenada expect that the technical insights and practical experience gained during the Morocco mission will directly contribute to ongoing efforts to update national energy policy and roll out new clean energy programs. It is also anticipated that the trip will help Grenada identify proven renewable energy technologies, innovative climate finance models, and replicable project development frameworks that can be adapted to the unique geographic and economic context of the small island developing state, while also opening doors to deeper regional cooperation on energy issues across the Caribbean.
The Government of Grenada has formally extended its gratitude to the Kingdom of Morocco, Masen, and Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for facilitating this exchange, noting that the opportunity for cross-border knowledge sharing, partnership building, and collaborative action will advance not only Grenada’s clean energy goals but also those of the entire OECS region.