Madar (Rabat) - Morocco's net electricity imports from Spain rose 26.6% in October 2026 to 494.55 GWh, from 390.75 GWh a year earlier, according to data from Spanish transmission grid operator Red Eléctrica reported by the news site Hespress on Monday, November 9, 2026.
According to the same data, Morocco's electricity exports to Spain fell 98.9% in October, almost disappearing.
Over the first ten months of 2026, the kingdom's net imports from Spain rose 33.6% to 4,106 GWh, from 3,074 GWh in the same period last year.
The site linked the rise to a widening gap between output and demand: by the end of August, Morocco's electricity production had risen 2.8% while consumption grew 8.9%, according to the Directorate of Studies and Financial Forecasts at Morocco's Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Hespress noted that the kingdom recorded an all-time peak demand of 8,400 MW in July.
The announced commercial capacity of the electricity interconnection between the two countries for November is 900 MW from Spain to Morocco and 600 MW in the opposite direction, according to the Spanish operator's data.
