Morocco aims for global green hydrogen role
With vast solar and wind capacity, Morocco is preparing to create green ammonia for fertiliser as an early step to building a ‘power-to-X’ industry
Morocco believes it can capture 4-8pc of the fledgling global power-to-X (PtX) market, which utilises excess renewable electricity to make green hydrogen, synthetic natural gas and industrial liquids among other products. Achieving this target will require multibillion-dollar investments to expand the country’s renewable power capacity. To this end, Morocco has forged close ties with Germany, signing a memorandum of understanding in July to develop its PtX industry and build Africa’s first industrial green hydrogen plant. The announcement came just a month after Europe’s largest economy unveiled a hydrogen strategy that includes investing €2bn ($2.38bn) in projects abroad. “Morocco has the r
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