Marita Group, Sinoma Tech Holding sign MoU in renewable energy

RABAT – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed last Tuesday between Marita Group, a diversified Moroccan conglomerate headquartered in Rabat, and Sinoma Tech Holding, a Chinese specialist in energy and digital transition with operational centers covering China, the United States, and several emerging markets.

The information was obtained through sources close to the two companies, as the agreement was concluded privately. It covers the joint development of renewable energy projects under EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) and EPCF (Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Financing) arrangements in Morocco and several African countries previously identified as priority targets.

This rapprochement is part of the international trajectory displayed by Marita Group, which claims a presence across four continents and ten countries, a turnover of one billion dirhams, and a global investment of two billion dirhams over the 2020–2024 period. With more than 1,400 employees and a portfolio of activities covering eight sectors—from the cork industry to cybersecurity, real estate development, and the healthcare industry—the group places green energy and electric mobility at the heart of its strategic growth pole.

Sinoma Tech Holding: A Reference Partner for Energy Transition

Founded in 2018 in Hangzhou (China) with a strategic bridgehead in Texas (USA), Sinoma Tech Holding positions itself as a comprehensive integrator of smart solar solutions, combining high-performance photovoltaic panels, IoT/AI technologies, and energy management platforms. Its portfolio covers four product families: Go Green – Green Power (on-grid and off-grid solar installations), Go Green – Smart Mini-Grid (hybrid micro-grids integrating BESS storage and advanced inverters), Go Digital – USmart X.0 (smart energy management), and Ener Pro Services (operation and maintenance of solar plants).

The company has Manufacturing Centers (MCB) in China, Saudi Arabia, and Panama, as well as regional offices covering Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Morocco is explicitly listed among its advanced manufacturing sites, making the complementarity with Marita Group even more natural on an operational level.

KEY FIGURES OF THE MOU PARTIES

A Partnership Rooted in an Expanded Sino-Moroccan Ecosystem

The signing of this MOU is not an isolated event; it is part of a broader Sino-Moroccan industrial network in which Marita Group is already involved. Indeed, the group maintains a pre-existing partnership with Gotion High-Tech, a Chinese giant specializing in electric battery manufacturing and the new energy vehicle value chain. This link with Gotion places Marita Group in a leading position in the electric mobility and energy storage sector in Morocco.

Gotion High-Tech and Sinoma Tech Holding both share Chinese roots and operate in complementary segments of the energy transition value chain: the former in electrochemical storage (lithium batteries), the latter in the production and smart management of solar energy. Their convergence around Marita Group creates a coherent industrial architecture, ranging from photovoltaic generation to battery storage and digital energy management—a strategic triptych particularly suited to the challenges of emerging African markets.

Shared Continental Ambitions

Both groups share a clearly expressed African ambition in their respective institutional documents. Marita Group maintains a strategic focus on the African continent for "turnkey" projects, with experience already acquired in the Comoros, Guinea-Conakry, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. For its part, Sinoma Tech Holding has dedicated regional offices for Africa, and its rapid deployment model—designed for areas sometimes lacking robust grid infrastructure—is particularly suited to the continent's off-grid contexts.

Under the MOU, several target countries have been jointly identified. Their names have not been made public at this stage, in accordance with the private nature of the agreement. The planned projects cover EPC modalities, where Marita Group would contribute its territorial roots and African institutional networks, and EPCF, where the financing dimension will be integrated into the structure to facilitate access to markets with high energy demand but limited public financing capacity.

Marita Group: Green Energy as a Structuring Axis

For Marita Group, this partnership strengthens its "Green Energy" pole, one of its eight business sectors, which revolves around electric mobility, renewable energies, lithium battery production, and sustainable transport. The group operates notably via Masdar for renewable energy production, My Electrical Energy for smart digital meters, and the work of Khalid Yazami for the battery sector. These ongoing operations are joined by projects in development in green hydrogen, long-term rental electric vehicles, and urban electric bus transport systems.

The group is also developing three major projects with high environmental and social impact—aromatic and medicinal plants on 15,000 hectares, recovery of plastic waste into fuel (60,000 tons/year), and mining—representing a total forecast investment of 1.7 billion dirhams and a target turnover of 2.7 billion dirhams, creating 7,600 direct and indirect jobs.