Morocco: Australia’s Worley to launch FEED work on Tarfaya green ammonia project in Sept. 2024
Australian company Worley has announced that its Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) work on a green ammonia project in Morocco will be launched in the third quarter of 2024.
In its annual report released Tuesday, Worley said the Tarfaya project, the world’s first Power-to-X green ammonia program, includes a transmission grid, hydrogen and ammonia plants and storage facilities and a temporary camp for 30,000 workers (growing to the creation of a city for the project’s workers and their families), all powered by wind and solar energy.
Upon completion of the FEED, the project will transition into the engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) phase. The project, powered entirely by renewable energy, is expected to become operational by 2027, with an initial annual production capacity of one million tons of green ammonia. This capacity will increase to three million tons by 2032.
In June 2023, Moroccan state-owned OCP group announced $7 billion investment in an ammonia plant using green hydrogen, located in Tarfaya, southern Morocco.
The Tarfaya project includes a 2.8GW wind farm, a 1GW solar PV power plant, and 2.7GWh of battery storage. The entire operation, which spans over 100,000 hectares, will be powered by renewable energy sources.
The ammonia produced will be used to create green fertilizers, supporting OCP Group’s aim to enhance its market leadership sustainably, aligning with global shifts towards greener energy solutions.
The Australian company will also launch FEED for a second ammonia project, namely Jorf Hydrogen Project (JH2P). The FEED will commence in November. This large-scale green ammonia initiative includes a hydrogen facility and a green ammonia plant with an annual production of 100,000 tons. The project will be completed in 2026.
Both projects are being developed by JESA, a joint venture of Worley and OCP Group. OCP Group has a green growth initiative with a global investment of USD 12 billion between 2023 and 2027. Its goal is to develop mining and fertilizer production with complete carbon neutrality by 2040.
