Africa

At the time of this publication, Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure (GEI) database was tracking more than 1,050 H₂ projects around the world. This is a 2% increase in total projects globally month-over-month.

Masdar and the IFC will explore support for the establishment of green H₂ platform for emerging markets, and potential collaboration on bankability and structuring issues for African renewable energy projects.

Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with two major industrial companies with the aim of Hyphen providing them with up to 750,000 tpy of green ammonia.

The Germany government has announced that it may provide Namibia €10 B to build a new green H₂ production complex. This infusion of capital will help develop Hyphen Hydrogen Energy’s complex. The project in the port town of Luederitz consists of a solar and wind farm that will provide feedstock to produce green H₂.

In this episode, H₂Tech speaks with attendees of the Dii Desert Energy Leadership Conference in Cairo, Egypt, about green H₂ projects and regulatory frameworks in the Middle East and North Africa region. The episode features conversations with executives from Dii Desert Energy, thyssenkrupp nucera and Shearman & Sterling.

Sasol and Msenge have signed a long-term contract for the supply of 69 MW of renewable energy to the company’s Sasolburg site. The power purchase agreement is the first of several agreements Sasol intends to finalize in the coming months as it secures the renewable energy supply required to produce green H₂.

John Cockerill and a leading Moroccan energy company have reached an agreement to create a joint venture offering integrated green H₂ solutions in Morocco. In particular, it will include an alkaline electrolyzer manufacturing plant that will be the first of its kind in Africa.

Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure database is tracking more than 1,050 H₂ projects around the world. Nearly half of these investments are being made in Western Europe, followed by the Asia-Pacific region (21%) and the U.S. (13%).

Scatec and Egypt’s Sovereign Fund’s 100-MW green H₂ plant to be developed in Ain Sokhna. A final investment decision on the project is scheduled for 2023. If built, the facility will produce 15,000 tpy of H₂ to be converted into 90,000 tpy of green ammonia.

European Investment Bank, International Solar Alliance and the African Union unveil study into Africa’s green H₂ potential, with the support of the Government of Mauritania, HyDeal and UCLG Africa.