Last year, GreenGo unsuccessfully pursued a controversial contract with the Moroccan government for a project in the occupied territory. To bolster its bid, the company even established an office in Dakhla.

However, documents obtained by the Danish investigative outlet Danwatch reveal that the Danish government refused to assist GreenGo with this venture.

“I explained the Danish position (and the EU’s position) on the conflict”, Denmark’s then-ambassador to Morocco, Jesper Kammersgaard, wrote home to Copenhagen in the summer of 2023, following a phone conversation with GreenGo’s CEO Anders Heine Jensen, according to Danwatch.

“I also made it clear that we were not in a position to provide specific advice on potential investments in Western Sahara, but that I could only present facts about the conflict. Should any investments take place north of the 27th parallel north in Morocco, there would naturally be the possibility of entering into an agreement under the Trade Council (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ export advisory service)”, he continued.

The ambassador also forwarded to GreenGo the position of the Danish Parliament on the matter. 

The Danish government's rejection was not disclosed in GreenGo Energy’s correspondence with Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW). WSRW and its Danish partner, Global Aktion, wrote to the company on 7 April 2024. 

In its response to WSRW, GreenGo stated that they “follow the Danish Foreign Ministry’s recommendations for private companies operating in those regions. We also follow the demands and advice set out in the resolution by the Danish Parliament”. A similar response from GreenGo was given to Danwatch in November 2024. 

So what about GreenGo’s plans in occupied Western Sahara? 

"Regarding the progress of the project, we currently have no activities in the area (Dakhla region, ed.) as we have not been selected by the authorities," the company wrote to Danwatch. 

GreenGo did not respond to Danwatch as to whether this means that the office in Dakhla has been permanently closed.

The Dakhla office, which GreenGo erroneously claimed to be located in “Morocco”, was removed from the GreenGo website half a year ago. The Dakhla address was replaced to a Casablanca address at one point between February 2025 and March 2025. 

WSRW and Global Aktion sent a new letter to GreenGo on 9 July 2025. 
 

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