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“Mauritania” is moving to develop a legal framework to govern the green hydrogen sector

March 25, 2024

Mauritania is moving to develop and issue a law to regulate the green hydrogen sector. To achieve widespread exploitation of its enormous solar and wind potential, which is drawn to major energy industries around the world.

The Minister of Oil, the official spokesman for the government, Nani Ould Achruka, announced that government specialists are currently working on developing a legal framework that will enable – through investors – the launch of projects for green hydrogen, relying on the capabilities that Mauritania possesses, and it is expected that the decision will be approved. Before the end of this year.

The British company "Chariot" confirmed that Mauritania has enormous capabilities to produce green hydrogen, and the Noor project is working on producing green hydrogen in accordance with other projects, as the Mauritanian government has previously concluded agreements with several investors, and Mauritania has huge natural gas capabilities, and Mauritania has enormous potential in the field of hydrogen. Green, which qualifies it to occupy a leading position in the future energy market.

The "Chariot" group conducted a feasibility study for the "Noor" project to produce and market green energy in Mauritania, which includes providing Mauritania with alternative energy and developing a special system for exporting this energy.

The project strengthens Mauritania’s position as a country that hosts green hydrogen production and export projects, with the project’s direct benefits that benefit Mauritania. Its implementation will result in a global contribution to achieving climate goals, in addition to being an important future project in supplying the world with green energy.