Infinity consortium launches 10GW Mauritania project
Joint venture between the UAE’s Masdar and Egypt’s Infinity in partnership with Germany’s Conjuncta adds to growing list of potential green hydrogen megaprojects in the country
Infinity Power Holding, a joint venture between the UAE’s Masdar and Egypt’s Infinity, and Germany’s Conjuncta has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Mauritania to develop a 10GW project that could eventually produce 8mn t/yr of green hydrogen. The consortium plans to commission the project over four phases, with the first 400MW phase due to begin operations by 2028. The project will be sited to the northeast of Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott. The developers are noted by Mauritania’s minister of petroleum, mines and energy Mohamed Saleh as having “very strong technical and financial capabilities and deep relationships allowing it to enter the European green hydroge
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