Meed | TotalEnergies $11bn hydrogen project starts pre-feed

TotalEnergies $11bn hydrogen project starts pre-feed

30 October 2024

France’s TotalEnergies has started the pre-front-end engineering and design (feed) for its planned $11bn integrated project to produce green hydrogen and ammonia in Morocco, according to a company spokesperson.

TotalEnergies signed the joint development agreement with the relevant authorities and ministers in Morocco on 28 October, during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the North African state.

It was previously reported that the planned integrated facility would be located in Guelmim-Oued Noun in southern Morocco.

TotalEnergies’ chairman and CEO, Patrick Pouyanne, signed the agreement for the local production of green hydrogen and ammonia in the presence of Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Macron.

The counterparties included Morocco’s Energy Minister, Leila Benali; Economy and Finance Minister, Nadia Fattah; Interior Minister, Abdelouafi Laftit; and Minister Delegate in charge of Investment, Karim Zidane.

It is understood that the project will require the development of 10GW of solar and wind energy and a land area of 187,000 hectares.

It was reported that Morocco’s Unified Regional Investment Commission had approved the project’s launch in November 2022.

The other agreements signed during Macron’s visit to Morocco cover financial cooperation in the rail, forestry, aviation, logistics and energy sectors, with a particular focus on decarbonisation and energy transition.

TotalEnergies has been exploring green hydrogen and other related projects in the Middle East and North Africa region.

In August, the Courbevoie-headquartered firm and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) signed an agreement to assess the viability of developing a commercial green hydrogen-to-methanol-to-sustainable aviation fuel (saf) project.

It is also among the early investors in UK-based Xlinks First, which aims to deliver the $18bn Morocco-UK power interconnector project. TotalEnergies acquired a minority stake in the company following an investment of $25.4m announced in November last year.

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Jennifer Aguinaldo