As promised yesterday, here are the presentations of the people involved from IRESEN within our JUST-GREEN AFRH2ICA project!
Mrs. Nouhaïla NABIL is a Green Hydrogen Production System Manager at Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN), holding an engineering Diploma in Industrial Thermal Engineering and Renewable Energies from “Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Mériers” of Meknes (ENSAM) in 2017. She started her career by working as a junior mechanical designer at Altran for PSA vehicles within the team of “Thermal Passenger Compartment Modules design”. In 2018, she joined IRESEN as an R&D engineer in the department of Hydrogen, Bioenergy, and Energy Storage, and in parallel of her position at IRESEN, in 2020, she became a PhD student at ENSAM. Mrs NABIL has been involved in the promotion of the Power-to-X industry in Morocco through contribution to R&D pilot projects and participating in workshops organisation and feasibility studies. Now she is working on setting up a µPilot project in green hydrogen production and its applications at small scale in Green Energy Park.
Studies & Events:
- Power-to-X: Market and technologies (study)
- Power-to-X potential & opportunities in Morocco (study)
- National Hydrogen Strategy
- Green Ammonia Pilot Plant (ongoing project)
- PtX Pathways project funded by the German Government within the framework of the International Climate Initiative
- Green Hydrogen and Applications Platform (R&D platform under development)
- World Power-to-X Summit (ongoing preparation of the 3rd edition in June 2023)
- Participation in the creation and coordination of National Hydrogen Commission
- Organisation of Green Molecules study tour between Morocco and Germany
Mr. Oussama BAYSSI holds an engineering degree in agri-environment and natural resources from the “Institut Agronomique et Véterinaire Hassan II” (Rabat). He started his professional career at the end of 2016 as an upstream agricultural engineer in a subsidiary of the sugar producing company in Morocco (COSUMAR). In July 2017, he became a junior product manager (specialty: vegetable crops) at Syngenta Morocco. Mr. Bayssi held the position of engineer in the department of development of mountain areas at the regional directorate of agriculture Dakhla (Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests) in early 2019. From June 2020, he holds the position of R&D engineer (Bioenergy and AgriTechnology) at the Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN). Mr. Oussama BAYSSI is also a PhD Student, and he is working on the determination and optimization of the carbon footprint of Argania spinosa products in Morocco.
Studies, Projects & Events:
- Power-to-X: Market and technologies (study)
- BioPyroFuel (production of sustainable biofuels via pyrolysis- ongoing project)
- Agriculture 2.0 (solar irrigation-ongoing project)
- Green Ammonia Pilot Plant (ongoing project)
- PtX Pathways project funded by the German Government within the framework of the International Climate Initiative
- Green Hydrogen and Applications Platform (R&D platform under development)
- World Power-to-X Summit (ongoing preparation of the 3rd edition in June 2023)
- Organisation of Green Molecules study tour between Morocco and Germany
Samir Rachidi is Acting General Manager of IRESEN. With his team, they are developing research projects and demonstration activities focusing on PtX, green chemistry, energy storage, concentrated solar (CSP) and hybridization of solar and bioenergy. Prior to his current position, Samir served as an R&D program manager at MASEN. His role consisted in catalyzing national R&D efforts in the solar energy field, building international R&D project partnerships and collaborations in solar applications, as well as helping in defining strategic R&D orientation to help unleash a Moroccan industrial potential in the solar sector in the future. Previously, he held a position as an R&D Engineer in a start-up company named “RespInnovation”, in Sophia-Antipolis, France. Samir achieved in 2011 a PhD in the field of Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cells, carried out in collaboration between the CEA of Grenoble and the CNRS institute of “Pprime” in Poitiers, both in France. Samir holds a double degree – Master of Science & Engineering – in Chemical Environmental and Energy Engineering, obtained from Saint-Etienne School of Mines and Jean-Monet University in 2008. In addition, Samir is also lecturing at the “University Mohammed VI Polytechnic – UM6P” and the “Centrale Casablanca” Engineering School. He has been also recently elected as the General Secretary of the Moroccan Cluster of Green Hydrogen, and he is also leading the green hydrogen task force of the “Green Economy Commission”, within CGEM Morocco.