Renewable Energy
Mauritania combines operating solar and wind generation with a pipeline of large green hydrogen proposals. Investment opportunities may arise in grid-connected and decentralized power, storage, supporting infrastructure, and industrial energy supply. Projects must be assessed individually according to development stage, grid access, water requirements, offtake, financing, and regulatory approvals.
Where Investors Can Participate
Potential areas for investor participation range from electricity generation and grid-support infrastructure to emerging industrial energy and green hydrogen value chains, depending on project structure and market requirements.
Power Generation
Potential participation includes utility-scale and distributed solar and wind projects serving grid-connected, commercial, industrial, and decentralized power needs.
Storage & Grid Infrastructure
Investment areas may include battery storage, transmission and grid-support infrastructure, and hybrid energy systems designed to integrate renewable generation and serve growing power requirements.
Green Hydrogen & Industrial Supply
Large-scale green hydrogen proposals may create opportunities across renewable power, desalination and water infrastructure, hydrogen and derivatives production, storage, logistics, and related industrial services.
Selected Renewable Energy Projects
Mauritania’s renewable-energy portfolio includes operating electricity assets and large development-stage green hydrogen proposals. The projects below have different sponsors, scales, and maturity levels; proposed capacity must not be treated as installed or committed capacity.
Sheikh Zayed Solar Power Plant
A 15 MW solar photovoltaic plant in Nouakchott, operational since 2013 and developed by Masdar as Mauritania’s first utility-scale solar power installation.
AMAN Green Hydrogen Project
CWP Global’s proposed AMAN project in northern Mauritania is designed to deploy up to 30 GW of combined wind and solar generation to support large-scale green hydrogen and derivatives production. The project remains under development and is progressing toward the Pre-FEED stage.
Nour Project
Project Nour is a proposed green hydrogen development in northern Mauritania. Its completed feasibility study outlined an initial phase of 3 GW of renewable generation powering up to 1.6 GW of electrolysis. Development work continues, with current next steps including completion of the investment framework, an engineering conceptual study, and offtake negotiations.
Selected Renewable Energy Developers
The organizations below have distinct roles in operating or development-stage renewable-energy projects in Mauritania. Their inclusion identifies verified project involvement and does not imply endorsement, current investment availability, partnership with, or affiliation with GPIS.
Masdar — United Arab Emirates
Renewable energy developer behind the 15 MW Sheikh Zayed Solar Power Plant and an additional 16.6 MW of solar projects across eight communities in Mauritania.
CWP Terra
Developer of the proposed AMAN green hydrogen project in northern Mauritania, with a local presence in Nouakchott and ongoing project development and technical studies.
Chariot Green Hydrogen & TEH2
Co-developers of Project Nour in northern Mauritania, where a completed feasibility study defined a phased green hydrogen development plan. Development work continues, with a current focus that includes scoping an early-stage green iron project.
GPIS Support for Renewable Energy Investors
GPIS supports renewable-energy investors in understanding the local operating environment, assessing project-specific requirements, identifying relevant institutions and stakeholders, and coordinating practical next steps in Mauritania. Support is tailored to the project’s stage and does not replace legal, technical, financial, environmental, or regulatory due diligence.
References
1. Masdar — Sheikh Zayed Solar Power Plant
2. CWP Global — AMAN Green Hydrogen Project
3. Chariot — Project Nour, Mauritania
4. Masdar — Mauritania Rural Electrification Programme
5. World Bank — Shared Infrastructure for Clean Hydrogen: Mauritania Hydrogen Hub
6. CWP Global — AMAN Framework Agreement
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