A deal to build a “globally significant” green ammonia plant has been signed between Poland’s Hynfra, Mauritania company Mauritania Green Ammonia (MGA) and the government of Mauritania.
Confirmation of the $1.5bn project, which is expected to deliver 100,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually from 2030, follows the signing last year of a memorandum of understanding. The facility will be in the southern zone of the Somelec wind farm near the capital Nouakchott.
Tomoho Umeda, General Director of MGA and President of Hynfra, said the north-west African country’s combination of high solar potential and strong, stable winds gives it some of the best conditions in the world for developing renewable energy, with commercial estimates totalling 400GW.
“Combined with a century of Polish experience in ammonia synthesis, this creates a unique opportunity to build a project of global significance,” he said.
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