Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - November 8, 2022

Mauritania signed, this morning November 08, 2022 on the sidelines of the COP 27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with the British major BP, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the studies for the development of a large-scale green hydrogen project.

The signing ceremony took place in the presence of H.E Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazwani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

The Memorandum was signed on the Mauritanian side by Mr Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh Minister of Petroleum, Mines and Energy and by Mr Bernard Looney CEO of BP.

Under the terms of the MoU, BP undertakes to carry out technical and commercial studies to assess the production potential of a large green hydrogen production project in Mauritania.

The studies will notably cover the availability and quality of wind and solar resources in large areas in the northwest of the country.

The potential production capacity targeted by the project could reach up to 30 GW, for the production of 2 Mtpa of green hydrogen per year, if the studies are conclusive.
The signing of this MoU is part of the Mauritanian Government’s strategy to mobilize the country’s vast resources in gas, renewable energy and iron ore to build an integrated hub for the production and export of green hydrogen. and its derivatives, ammonia in particular, as well as green steel.

Mauritania has established a roadmap for the development of hydrogen and aims to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030 and a renewable energy mix of 50%.
Mauritania and BP are already collaborating in the development of the Gas GTA project in common with the sister Republic of Senegal, as well as in the development of the Bir Allah gas field.