This is according to a new IEA report, Renewable Energy Opportunities for Mauritania, which finds that the country could deploy these resources at scale to generate low-cost renewable electricity and hydrogen through electrolysis. “Mauritania has significant opportunities to tap its renewable energy resources and accelerate its sustainable development journey in line with the government’s policy priorities,” said IEA Africa Programme Officer Rita Madeira. Lehbib Khroumbaly, Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines of Mauritania, said that the analysis explores Mauritania’s major renewable energy potential and helps put the country on the map for clean hydrogen production. Renewable energy holds the key to accelerated developmentMauritania currently has the largest pipeline of renewable hydrogen projects to 2030 in sub-Saharan Africa. Read the full Renewable Energy Opportunities for Mauritania.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 24, 2023 09:40 UTC