Morocco and Germany signed a declaration on Friday in Berlin aimed at establishing a joint alliance for climate and energy, aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in climate protection and energy transition.
The declaration, signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, the German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Svenja Schulze and the Secretary of State parliamentarian to the Federal Minister for the Economy and Climate Protection, Stefan Wenzel, aims to establish increased cooperation on climate adaptation, the development of renewable energies and the production of green hydrogen.
With this partnership, sealed in the presence of HM the King’s ambassador to Germany, Zohour Alaoui, the two countries are deepening their cooperation in the development of the green hydrogen industry, electricity trade, decarbonization, climate adaptation and skills training.
“Morocco has excellent conditions for generating electricity from wind and sun, with which it can cover the needs of its own economy and, in the future, also start exporting green hydrogen to Germany,” underlines a press release from the German Federal Ministries for Economic Cooperation and Development and Economy and Climate Protection.
Morocco and Germany can draw on rich experience by working together, particularly in the use of wind and solar energy, adds the same source, noting that the BMZ provided support for the construction of the most largest solar thermal power plant in the world in Ouarzazate, which supplies electricity to around 1.3 million people.
“Embarking into the production of green hydrogen is the next step for Morocco,” notes the press release, noting that solar and wind power plants allow large-scale implementation and therefore sustainable production of green hydrogen. industrial scale and the development of green economic sectors.
And to add that Germany is already participating in the construction of the first reference plant for the production of green hydrogen in Morocco, which must be carried out in the years to come.
The plant is expected to produce around 10,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year, enough to produce 50,000 tonnes of green steel, the same source said, adding that the project is also intended to serve as a benchmark for the profitability of green hydrogen production in Africa and to boost the confidence of private investors in Morocco.
Further investments will follow on the basis of the new Moroccan-German alliance for climate and energy, it is announced.
