In Morocco, GE Vernova’s Gas Power business, the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), and Nareva, a Moroccan company specialized in the development and operation of independent power generation projects, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to collaborate on a feasibility study to develop joint solutions to decarbonize ONEE’s Laâyoune Power Plant, which is powered by three GE Vernova 6B heavy-duty gas turbines. The facility is expected to be the first in Africa using green hydrogen to power GE Vernova’s 6B gas turbines. Under the agreement, ONEE, Nareva and GE Vernova will undertake techno-economic evaluation studies to convert the 99 megawatts (MW) Laâyoune Thermal Power Plant, currently fueled by heavy oil fuel to hydrogen. As a first step, the collaboration will focus on the gas turbine to be converted to 100% hydrogen. The study is expected to be completed in two years and consists of exploring an integrated solution that incorporates the full production value chain to deliver 100% hydrogen by volume to the gas turbine for peak demand periods.
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