• Mauritania, Möhring Energie sign deal for major green hydrogen project
• NAYRAH to export 140K tonnes hydrogen, 400K ammonia annually from 2029
• Project aligns with national roadmap to become regional clean-energy hub

Mauritania has signed a framework agreement with Germany’s Möhring Energie Group to develop a major green hydrogen and green ammonia project. The deal was formalized on Tuesday, November 18, in Nouakchott by Energy Minister Mohamed Ould Khaled and company founder Sascha Möhring, with representatives from the German government and the European Union present.

The project, known as NAYRAH, will be built in phases. The initial phase will add up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of power capacity, enough to produce around 140,000 tons of green hydrogen and 400,000 tons of green ammonia each year. All output is intended for export to Europe, with production expected to start in 2029.

This is the first German project governed by Mauritania’s new green-hydrogen regulatory framework. Authorities say it strengthens the country’s ambition to become a regional clean-energy hub by tapping strong wind and solar resources and broadening the economic base beyond mining.

Mauritania’s green-hydrogen sector has been gaining traction. Earlier in November, GreenGo Energy and S.E.T. Select Energy GmbH announced a partnership to co-develop the Megaton Moon project and arrange offtake for its future production. These moves indicate that momentum is building despite uncertainty over how quickly global demand for green hydrogen will materialize.

The NAYRAH project also fits into Mauritania’s National Low-Carbon Hydrogen Roadmap, which estimates the country’s theoretical potential at 20.1 million tons per year. The roadmap notes that using just 5 percent of coastal land for wind and solar infrastructure could unlock as much as 12 million tons of annual green-hydrogen production.

Abdoullah Diop