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Africa’s first hydrogen power plant seen producing electricity in 2024

Africa’s first hydrogen power plant seen producing electricity in 2024

French independent power producer HDF Energy HDF.PA expects its green hydrogen power plant in Namibia, Africa’s first, to start producing electricity by 2024, a senior company executive said on Monday.

Once operational, the 3.1 billion Namibian dollar ($181.25 million) Swakopmund project will supply clean electricity power, 24 hours a day all-year round, boosting electricity supply in the southern African nation that imports around 40% of its power from neighbouring South Africa.

Namibia, one of the world’s sunniest and least densely populated countries, wants to harness its vast potential for solar and wind energy to produce green hydrogen and position the country as a renewable energy hub in Africa.

Hydrogen is categorised “green” when it is made with renewable power and is seen as key to help decarbonise industry, though the technology remains immature and relatively costly.

The project will see 85 megawatts (MW) of solar panels powering electrolysers to produce hydrogen that can be stored.

“Yearly we can produce 142 gigawatt hours, enough for 142 000 inhabitants and that is conservative,” said Nicolas Lecomte, HDF Energy director for southern Africa.

HDF Energy is also eyeing new projects across Africa and other parts of the world.

“Soon after southern Africa you will see HDF developing projects in east Africa,” Lecomte told Reuters.

The European Union also plans a deal with Namibia to support the country’s nascent green hydrogen sector and boost its own imports of the fuel, EU and Namibian officials said, as the bloc works to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. Read full story

Another company, Namibian-registered Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, is in talks with the country’s government to secure an implementation agreement for its planned $10 billion green hydrogen project that will produce some 350,000 tonnes of green hydrogen a year before 2030 for global and regional markets.

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