The Mauritanian government signed a memorandum of understanding with that of Saudi Arabia in Riad on Monday in the areas of electricity, energy and clean hydrogen.
This memorandum was signed for Mauritania by the Mauritanian Minister of Oil, Mines and Energy, Nani ould Chrougha and on the Saudi side by the Emir Abdel Aziz Ibn Selmane Ibn Abdel Aziz Al Saud.
According to a press release from the Mauritanian Ministry of Energy, this agreement includes partnership opportunities, the development of electricity systems, cooperation in the field of clean hydrogen, in addition to clean energy in order to use the techniques for the use of fossil fuel technologies, including technologies to capture, store and use carbon dioxide.
During the meeting, the two parties discussed investment opportunities in Mauritania in the fields of energy.
According to the same Source, the Saudi Minister of Energy ordered the company ACWA Power, specialized in water and energy projects, to communicate with the Mauritanian ministry in order to study an electricity production project. from renewable energies and use it for water desalination.
The Saudi minister asked the company to begin studying the project of using gas in the GTA field intended for the local market in order to create a pipeline to transport gas from the distribution point to the port area of N ‘Diago, and to establish a power plant to produce electricity from gas.
The signing of this memorandum of understanding took place on the sidelines of the Davos forum organized by Saudi Arabia under the theme: “international cooperation, growth and energy for development”.
