Doha -Morocco’s green hydrogen ambitions took an epochal step forward when Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch today headed a steering committee meeting in Rabat, in which five large investors were selected, by six projects worth 319 billion US dollars (31.9 billion US Regions.
The selected Companies include the Ornx consortium, which includes the American company Ortus, Spain’s Acciona and Germany’s Nordex, which will focus on ammonia production.
A second consortium formed by Taqa and Spain’s Cepsa will produce Both ammonia and industrial fuel.
The Moroccan company Nareva will invest in a comprehensive project that includes ammoniaIndustrial fuel and green steel production, while the ACWA performance in Saudi Arabia will concentrate on the production of green steel.
In addition, a Chinese consortium, which consists of UEG and China, and three gorges become ammonia production.
These projects follow two earlier agreements signed In October 2024 between Morocco and France, observed by King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron.
The first agreement partner Morocco with total energy, while the second defines the cooperation between the OCP and Engie and includes five projects, including one that focuses on green hydrogen.
Each project is assigned up to 30,000 hectares of land, with the government carried out measures to ensure the proper use of public country by contractual framework conditions.
The selection process used a “scientific and transparent methodology” to ensure balanced and sustainable partnerships between Morocco and investors.
The initiative builds on a state circular published on March 11, 2024, in which the implementation framework for the green hydrogen strategy was determined.
The strategy aims to use the country’s strategic geographical location, the diverse natural resources and the international infrastructure.
The meeting took part in the most important government officials, including Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit, Equipment and Minister of Water Nizar Baraka, Industry and Minister of Commerce Ryad Mezzour, Minister of investment Karim Zidane, Minister of Household Fouzi Lekjaa and Maden -CEO Tarik Moufaddal.
The government claims that the selection process continues to be open to additional investors who are interested in the development of the development of the green hydrogen sector in Morocco.
This strategic initiative corresponds to the guidelines, which was explained in the throne speech by King Mohammed VI of July 29, 2023, which required a quick and qualitative implementation of the green hydrogen strategy Morocco in order to use the advantages of the country in this emerging sector and to make global investment interest.
