Energy

Namibia’s dilemma: green energy champion or oil-producing nation

Namibia’s first ‘green hydrogen’ power plant — and also first one being built in Africa — which is expected to begin producing electricity in 2024, presents the southern African country with a dilemma: while Namibia is championing the clean energy, it also announced earlier this month that huge oil deposits had been discovered off its […]

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Morocco: First Green Hydrogen Production System Installed in Benguerir

A first green hydrogen production system at the micro-pilot scale has been installed in Benguerir, the Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (French acronym IRESEN) announced, explaining that the system is part of its “Power-to-X µPilot” project. The hydrogen production system is an electrolyzer with a capacity of 20 kilowatts (kW) coupled with […]

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Morocco, Germany to resume energy cooperation

The disruption in the fossil fuel market due to geopolitical tensions hastened the energy transition agenda of Morocco and Germany which now see new opportunities in fostering energy cooperation, notably in terms of green hydrogen and renewables. At a press conference in Rabat, both foreign ministers of Germany and Morocco attached priority to energy cooperation […]

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MENA region to be World’s largest supplier of green hydrogen, study

The Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) is expected to be the world’s largest supplier of green hydrogen, with the region accounting for the greatest number of export-oriented low carbon hydrogen projects (CEBC), according to a study by Abu Dhabi-based Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC). The UAE is at the forefront of the region’s […]

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World Power-to-X Summit: Several partnerships on green hydrogen signed in Marrakech

Several partnership agreements in the field of green hydrogen were signed in Marrakech, on the sidelines of the second edition of the “World Power-to-X Summit” that kicked off on Wednesday. These partnership agreements aim to promote research and innovation on green hydrogen and seize the opportunities offered by this economic and industrial sector to consolidate […]

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Morocco’s OCP Group Inks Cooperation Agreement with Fraunhofer Institute on Sustainable Fertilizer

Moroccan OCP Group, the world’s largest exporter of phosphates, has signed a cooperation agreement with German Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems in Halle (Saale), to develop solutions for a sustainable fertilizer. The two sides pledge to work together to boost the use of renewable raw materials in the fertilizer industry. They will […]