A new green hydrogen plant in Morocco? Chinese state-owned energy firm China Energy Engineering Corporation inked a non-binding agreement with Morocco’s Gaia Energy and Saudi Arabia’s Ajlan & Bros to jointly build a green hydrogen production facility in Morocco, Morocco World News reported on Friday. No financial details or a timeline were disclosed.

The details: The plant will produce 1.4 mn tons of ammonia yearly from some 320k tons of green hydrogen and will be powered by a 2 GW solar energy farm and a 4 GW wind power plant, according to the news outlet. The ammonia produced will be partially earmarked for the Moroccan market, with a chunk of the production quota allocated for export to Europe.

China has been lining up green hydrogen agreements in our neck of the woods: China International Energy Group was in talks with Egypt over the possibility of establishing a USD 5-8 bn green hydrogen production plant last month. China Energy CEO Yee Jianming said his company could begin working on another planned USD 5.1 bn green hydrogen facility in Egypt as early as May this year.