Mauritania’s energy landscape stands on the brink of transformation as negotiations intensify around Africa’s most ambitious green hydrogen initiative. The West African nation is racing against time to finalize agreements that could reshape its economic future. Behind closed doors, high-stakes discussions are determining whether this $40 billion venture will become a reality. The outcome could position Mauritania as a global energy powerhouse within the next decade.
CWP Global moves quickly on historic energy agreement
CWP Global, which operates in Serbia, has announced the acceleration of the finalizing of the contract with the host government for their project in Mauritania for their AMAN project for the production of green hydrogen. This was announced at the current event of MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025, taking place in Dakar. The German company is heavily in talks for this historic energy deal.
The project can be seen as the largest single investment in renewable energy resources on the whole African continent. The CWP Global firm leaders expressed their strong desire to agree as soon as possible due to its importance in entering the market. The company’s experience gained in the renewable energy projects qualifies it to be the best partners that the country can get in its ambitious project aimed at the use of green hydrogen.
Partnerships driving the development of renewables
The agreement reached between CWP Global and the Republic of Mauritania is much more than a partnership for investment. Both parties are informed about what the green hydrogen technology can offer, which is the reason why this technology will enable both parties to make the Republic of Mauritania one of the biggest exporting countries for green sources of energy in Europe.
AMAN project promises unprecedented scale and production capacity
The objective of the project is to build the capacity to produce renewable energy at the rate of 30 GW. This project will help to produce 1.7 million tons of green hydrogen annually. It can safely be stated that this project is large when compared to all other renewable energy projects that are already present worldwide. It will make Mauritania one of the largest producers of green hydrogen worldwide. It will also satisfy a large portion of the demand for clean energy present worldwide.
The macroeconomic analysis carried out reveals that the proposed project has the potential to increase the Mauritanian GDP by a huge 40-50% in the year 2030. It is important to acknowledge the fact that the potential of this project is not only emphasized in contributing towards the growth of this particular industry, but it is also likely to provide job opportunities to thousands of Mauritanians.
This technology remains critical to energy independence. Abeidarrahmane said: “We view green hydrogen and industry as a combination that is the game changer in value-creation.”
International experts speak of the potential of “green” hydrogen in Africa
Dr. Stefan Kaufmann, former Commissioner for Innovation in Green Hydrogen in the German Federal Government, discussed the larger implications that are linked with this particular project at the conference in Dakar. “If Africa makes the right decisions, green hydrogen can ignite a spark for shared prosperity,” said Dr. Stefan Kaufmann. The socio-economic development and power accessibility in West Africa through green hydrogen is an area discussed by Kaufmann.
The project is perfectly aligned with the vision of making the transition towards sustainable energy and lower carbon emissions. International partnerships would be incredibly valuable when it came to gaining access to the latest technology and investment within large-scale infrastructure projects. The AMAN project is an indicator of the potential of the continent of Africa within renewable energy and making the transition towards the clean energy economy.
