SNIM Mauritania Signs MoU At COP28 To Explore Clean Energy For Trains

On 5th December 2023, during the COP28 conference, SNIM signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chariot and TotalEren to investigate the potential of supplying its trains with clean energy. The signing ceremony was presided over by Mr. Nani Ould Chrougha, the Minister of Petroleum, Energy, and Mines.

In a statement made on this occasion, the CEO and Board Member of SNIM, highlighted that the signing of this memorandum aligns with SNIM’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions. The agreement aims to promptly initiate a collaborative study to assess the feasibility of a joint project aimed at transitioning the trains from fossil fuel reliance to clean energy sources.

It’s noteworthy that SNIM places significant emphasis on sustainable development and environmental protection. Currently, SNIM is actively engaged in a strategic decarbonisation study and has taken steps towards adopting green energy solutions through the construction of solar and wind energy production facilities.

In addition to this, during the same event, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary of Energy, David Turk, and Mauritania’s Minister of Petroleum, Mines, and Energy (MPME), Nani Ould Chrougha, signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on clean energy cooperation. The MOU will facilitate cooperation for deploying clean energy technologies in Mauritania that could simultaneously reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and catalyse economic development. The initial focus will be on creating the capacity for Mauritania to hold their iron ore – which is primarily exported to source carbon-intensive steel in other countries – and instead produce their own “green,” or decarbonized steel production in Mauritania, moving up the value chain from iron ore exporter to steel producer.