The customer is one of the largest wind power investors in Africa with around 2000 MW of renewable assets. The electrolysis plant will be built and delivered as a turn-key containerised system to the customer’s site. Total contract value is over €1.8 million.
The purpose of this first pilot project is to serve as a platform for technical refinement of directly wind turbine-coupled pressurised alkaline electrolysers to wind power. This serves as a pre-step and preparation for upcoming industrial production plants for green hydrogen, e-fuels, and green ammonia in Morocco.
The green hydrogen market in several North African countries is emerging and is expected to grow substantially. With a significant and growing asset base in renewable electricity production, the customer has previously communicated a strategy to become a leading green hydrogen producer in Morocco and Northern Africa. A first step into hydrogen and realising this strategy is now taken with a pilot plant for hydrogen production off-grid, linked to several connected wind turbines.
“I am very happy to announce that Metacon has won this contract with the regional energy leader in Morocco. This is hopefully the beginning of a long-term relation for realising their ambitions for large scale production of green hydrogen, e-fuels, and green ammonia in Morocco and beyond,” commented Christer Wikner, President and CEO, Metacon.