Dahamco and its partners are moving ahead with plans to invest MAD254bn (US$25bn) in the development of a large green hydrogen and ammonia project in Dakhla. The project has obtained land rights and the necessary local authorisations. The first phase, worth MAD40bn (US$4bn), would produce nearly 1 Mt/year as of 2031. Further phases should follow and be commissioned at intervals of 4 to 5 years from the operation of the first. The hydrogen and ammonia production will be exclusively for export, especially to the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region in the Netherlands and Belgium, for use in industry and in the maritime transport sector.
Partners in the project include TAQA Morocco - the Moroccan subsidiary of the UAE group TAQA -, AP Moller Capital (Denmark), and Moroccan companies Dahamco, Ornx Boujdour and OCP Group (phosphate producer).