The project’s 35GW of electrolysis capacity can produce four million tonnes of green hydrogen or 18 million tonnes of green ammonia per annum.
November 28, 2023
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An artist’s impression of the Megaton Moon project. Credit: GreenGo Energy Group.
Danish clean energy developer GreenGo Energy has lodged an application with Mauritania’s Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines to develop Megaton Moon, a 60GW/190 terawatt-hour (TWh) hybrid solar and wind project.
The project will also have 35GW of electrolysis capacity, which can produce four million tonnes of green hydrogen or 18 million tonnes of green ammonia annually.
Megaton Moon will be implemented in stages, with commercial operation targeted by 2028 for the pilot stage and between 2033 and 2035 for the final stage.
The project will use more than 10TWh of surplus power to build a large-scale desert farming industry.
It will generate 70 million tonnes of desalinated water each year to support farming – three time what is used by the project to produce green fuel.
GreenGo submitted the application in late November 2023. The ministry has expressed an interest and the company expects approval in the first quarter of 2024.
