A complex capable of converting 10 GW of clean electricity into green hydrogen is set to be developed in Mauritania.
Energy company Infinity Power is joined forces with the German company Conjuncta and signed an agreement with the Mauritanian Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy towards the development.
The project will be set up in in the north-east of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, and it will be implemented in several phases. This clean electricity will be converted into green hydrogen via electrolysis. In order to realise its project, Chariot has obtained a 14,400 km2 plot of land from the Mauritanian government, on which pre-feasibility and feasibility studies will first be conducted.
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Phase one will have an electrolysis capacity of 400 MW and is expected to be operational in 2028. The two partners will then build a complex capable of converting 10 GW of clean electricity into green hydrogen and its derivatives, including ammonia and other fuels. According to Infinity, the project is expected to create 3,000 jobs during the construction phase and a further 1,000 during the operation phase.
“We are extremely proud to have been able to agree this project with the Mauritanian government. It will have a strong link with Germany, both as a technology provider and as a potential supplier of green energy. This is by far the largest bilateral investment project ever and we look forward to making it a success that will attract much more business between the two countries,” said Stefan Liebing, Conjuncta’s CEO.
