Morocco and Germany signed a declaration on Friday in Berlin aimed at establishing a common alliance for climate and energy, with the goal of strengthening bilateral cooperation in climate protection and energy transition.
The declaration, signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Svenja Schulze, and the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Stefan Wenzel, aims to establish increased cooperation in climate adaptation, renewable energy development, and green hydrogen production.
With this partnership, sealed in the presence of the Ambassador of His Majesty the King in 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 producing electricity from wind and solar, with which it can meet its own economic needs and, in the future, also begin to export green hydrogen to Germany,” emphasizes a statement from the German Federal Ministries of Economic Cooperation and Development and Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.
Morocco and Germany can rely on a rich experience of working together, particularly in the use of wind and solar energy, the same source adds, noting that the BMZ has supported the construction of the world’s largest solar thermal power plant in Ouarzazate, which supplies electricity to approximately 1.3 million people.
“Venturing into green hydrogen production is the next step for Morocco,” the statement notes, highlighting that solar and wind power plants enable large-scale implementation and thus sustainable industrial-scale green hydrogen production and the development of green economic sectors.
It adds that Germany is already participating in the construction of the first reference plant for green hydrogen production in Morocco, which is set to be realized in the coming years.
The plant is expected to produce about 10,000 tons of hydrogen per year, enough to produce 50,000 tons of green steel, the same source indicates, asserting that this project is also intended to serve as a reference project for the profitability of green hydrogen production in Africa and to strengthen the confidence of private investors in Morocco.
Further investments will follow based on the new Moroccan-German alliance for climate and energy, it is announced.