RABAT (MAROCCO) (ITALPRESS) – Morocco has the potential to play a leading role in the production and export of green hydrogen, thanks to its abundant renewable resources and strategic port infrastructure. It reveals an analysis published by the World Bank and relaunched by the Le360 website. According to the analysis, Moroccan exports of green hydrogen could reach between 0.3 and 0.65 million tonnes by 2030, to rise between 3.4 and 9.5 million tonnes by 2050. At the same time, this energy source will also help to meet domestic demand, particularly in transport and chemical industries.
Four port platforms emerge as pillars of the national strategy: Tanger Med, Mohammedia, Jorf Lasfar and a future port in the Tan-Tan area. According to the World Bank, their complementarity would allow to optimize the entire chain of the value of green hydrogen, from production to storage to export. In particular, Tanger Med – one of the largest container ports in the Mediterranean – could assert itself as a hub for the supply of green marine fuels along one of the busiest routes in the world. Jorf Lasfar, already an industrial pole at the service of the OCP group, could instead accelerate the decarbonization of the fertilizer industry through the green ammonia. The port of Mohammedia offers competitive advantages for storage thanks to the presence of saline cavities, while Tan-Tan benefits from exceptional solar and wind conditions that could allow cheap export-oriented production.
On the cost level, the International Energy Agency estimates that Morocco could produce green hydrogen between 1.5 and 2.5 dollars per kilogram by 2050, with some even more competitive evaluations between 0.6 and 1.3 dollars/kg. This trajectory is part of a growing European demand, in particular within the REPowerEU plan, which provides for the import of more than 10 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2030. Meanwhile, the OCP Group aims to produce 1 million tonnes of green ammonia by 2027 and 3 million by 2032, confirming the strategic role of green hydrogen in the energy transition and industrial competitiveness of the Kingdom.
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