Study confirms viability of 10-GW green H2 project in Mauritania

Africa-focused energy firm Chariot Ltd (LON:CHAR) and its French partners, TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTE) and Total Eren, have completed the feasibility study for a project to build a green hydrogen production site in Mauritania with a targeted electrolyser capacity of up to 10 GW.

The initiative, dubbed Project Nour, which is being developed with the support of Mauritania's Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, has now been submitted to the local government, Chariot said today in a statement.

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The feasibility study has confirmed that Project Nour could become one of the largest green hydrogen projects globally, further defining the scale and viability of the project.

The initiative will be realised in phases, with the first one aimed at deploying 3 GW of renewables to power up to 1.6 GW of electrolysis capacity to produce 150,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually.

Project Nour is an equally owned initiative between Chariot's subsidiary Chariot Green Hydrogen and TE H2, a company co-owned by TotalEnergies and Eren Group. The next steps to be taken within the project include completion of the investment framework, engineering conceptual study and offtake negotiations. The offtake possibilities outlined in the study include domestic use for green steel production and export of green ammonia.

“We are fully committed to the development of this sector, our aim is to be the largest producer and exporter of hydrogen on the African continent and we believe that Project Nour could support this objective,” said Nani Chrougha, Maurutania’s minister of petroleum, mines and energy.