Australia’s Worley has announced that it will commence the front-end engineering design (FEED) work on a green ammonia project in Morocco in the third quarter of 2024.
In its annual report released earlier this week, Worley said the Tarfaya project, the world’s first power-to-x green ammonia programme to be launched in Q3 2024, would include a transmission network, hydrogen
and ammonia plants and storage facilities, as well as a temporary camp for 30,000 workers (which will evolve into the creation of a town for project workers and their families), all powered by wind and solar energy.
Upon completion, the project will enter the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) phase. The fully renewable project is expected to be operational by 2027, with an initial annual production capacity of one million tons of green ammonia. This capacity will increase to three million tons by 2032.
In June 2023, Morocco’s state-owned OCP Group announced a $7 billion investment in a green hydrogen ammonia plant in Tarfaya, southern Morocco.
The Tarfaya project includes a 2.8 GW wind farm, a 1 GW solar photovoltaic plant and 2.7 GWh of battery storage. The entire operation, covering more than 100,000 hectares, will be powered by renewable energy sources.
The ammonia produced will be used to make green fertilizers, supporting OCP Group’s goal of sustainably improving its market leadership in line with the global move towards greener energy solutions.
The Australian company will also start the FEED for a second ammonia project, the Jorf Hydrogen Project (JH2P). The FEED will commence in November. This large-scale green ammonia initiative includes a hydrogen plant and a green ammonia plant with an annual production of 100,000 tons. The project is expected to be completed in 2026.
Both projects will be developed by JESA, a joint venture between Worley and the OCP Group. The OCP Group has launched a green growth initiative with a total investment of $12 billion between 2023 and 2027. The goal is to develop mining and fertilizer production with complete carbon neutrality by 2040.
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