CWP reports progress on 30-GW green H2 project in Mauritania

Renewables developer CWP Global is making progress on a planned 30-GW green hydrogen development in Mauritania, reporting that the technical and environmental studies on the project are already at an advanced stage.

“We have more than 18 months of wind data, have advanced environmental studies and have a number of potential off-takers that have been identified,” CCO Ramy Lotfy said this week at an energy conference in Dakar.

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CWP and the Mauritanian government signed a framework agreement on the development of the USD-40-billion (EUR 36.6bn) AMAN project in May 2022. A study at the time said that the planned facility could boost Mauritania’s GDP by 40% to 50% by 2030.

The AMAN site, which will be built in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou and Inchiri regions, is planned to include 18 GW of wind capacity and 12 GW of solar capacity. The facility is expected to generate around 110 TWh at full capacity and produce 1.7 million tonnes of green hydrogen or 10 million tonnes of green ammonia annually for local use and export.

Mauritania has a strong pipeline of green hydrogen projects underway. Earlier this year, Infinity Power Holding and German project developer Conjuncta GmbH inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a green hydrogen plant with a targeted capacity of up to 10 GW. France’s Total Eren and Africa-focused energy firm Chariot Ltd, in turn, are working on the potential 10-GW Project Nour.

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