Belgian manufacturer John Cockerill has announced plans to build a new electrolyser factory in Morocco, which would be the first in Africa.

The company says it has reached a strategic agreement with an unnamed “leading Moroccan energy company” to build the alkaline electrolyser plant as part of a new joint venture.

“The joint venture will have large-scale manufacturing capabilities for high-powered alkaline electrolysers (5MW+/stack electrolyser) that will also enable the production of green hydrogen at the best price,” said a statement from John Cockerill, which was the global market leader in electrolyser sales in 2021, according to research house BloombergNEF.