Australia-headquartered global engineering services company Worley is set to begin Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) work on Tarfaya, the world’s first Power-to-X green ammonia program, in Morocco, according to its annual report.
The project includes a transmission grid, hydrogen and ammonia plants and storage facilities and a temporary camp for 30,000 workers powered by wind and solar energy.
Delivery is being led by JESA, a joint venture between OCP Group and Worley, with Worley executing FEED.
Work is set to commence in September 2024.
Following this, work will progress to engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM).
The project is expected to be operational in 2027 and is anticipated to produce one million tonnes of green ammonia per year, with the potential to increase to three million tonnes per year by 2032.
Alongside the Tarfaya project is the Jorf Hydrogen Project (JH2P), an industrial-scale green ammonia project.
Delivery of this project is being led by JESA in Morocco and Worley’s team in Spain and is currently in pre-FEED.
FEED and detailed design are expected to commence in November 2024, the annual report shared, and when complete, will progress to EPCM.
The project is expected to be completed in 2026.
The project will include a multi-technology hydrogen facility that will power an industrial-scale green ammonia plant delivering 100,000 tonnes per year.
Back in 2022, OCP Group launched a $13 billion Green Investment Strategy, centred on increasing mining and fertiliser production capabilities will achieving “carbon neutrality” by 2040.
The Group is one of the biggest importers of ammonia in the world.
In June last year, the company told Reuters that its Tarfaya project in southern Morocco is part of its broader plans to “reinforce its domestic supply chain.”
In other news, this week, energy firms Topsoe, Skovgaard Energy and Vestas inaugurated a 5,000-tonne-per-year green ammonia plant in Denmark, reportedly the world’s first plant of its kind.