Morocco was an early adopter of wind and solar energy – partly due to its lack of fossil energy resources. However, the country quickly realised that it had ideal conditions for alternative energy: long hours of intense sunshine and strong and steady wind on the Atlantic coast. That is why Morocco – with its range of large-scale wind and solar energy farms – is already on the way towards its energy transition.
And now the country is taking a further step forward as it seeks to launch the next round of its energy transformation by producing green hydrogen (H2
H2 Hydrogen
BMZ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau

Green, not grey, hydrogen
Hydrogen is considered to be an important element in achieving the goal of climate neutrality by the middle of the century, as envisaged in the Paris Agreement. This is because it can be used as an environmentally sound starting point for a raft of industrial processes and products, for example to manufacture ammonia or synthetic fuels. However, it is only environmentally sound if it is green, i.e. obtained using renewable energy. This involves electrolysis, where (clean) electricity is utilised to split water into its component parts: hydrogen (H2
H2 Hydrogen
O2 Oxygen
CO2 Carbon dioxide
Power-to-X (PtX
PtX Power-to-X
PtX Power-to-X
CO2 Carbon dioxide
CO2 Carbon dioxide
PtX Power-to-X
Green hydrogen is taking centre stage in cooperation in the field of energy
GIZ is supporting the country on this exciting journey into a new energy era. This will also help its green recovery after the COVID-19
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019
BMWi German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
H2 Hydrogen
The work done within the Energy Partnership has spurred on the plans of other commissioning parties. On behalf of BMZ
BMZ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
BMU German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Leading the field in Latin America
With the support of GIZ, Chile also adopted a national green hydrogen strategy in November 2020, the first country in Latin America to do so. GIZ started working on H2
H2 Hydrogen
BMU German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
BMWi German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
H2
H2 Hydrogen
H2 Hydrogen
Chile’s potential to produce green hydrogen is so great that it will be able to export it or its derivatives such as ammonia and methanol to Asia, Europe and the United States – with a view to rolling out the energy transition worldwide.
We have extensive natural resources in Chile that we can use to produce electricity very cheaply. We also have global free trade agreements and an open economy. […] Green hydrogen will make a contribution of over 20 per cent to the emissions reduction we need to be carbon neutral by 2050. I would like to take this opportunity to thank GIZ once more for supporting us throughout the entire process of developing our green hydrogen strategy, especially with regard to all aspects of regulation.

(© Chilean Ministry of Energy)
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