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Namibia and South Africa are looking forward to having a partnership in the development of green hydrogen, including the joint development of a Green Hydrogen corridor. South African head of Investment and Infrastructure, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, recently met with Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Commissioner James Mnyupe in Windhoek to discuss the potential for green hydrogen to diversify their economies, create jobs, and address energy emergencies.
Namibia and South Africa are looking forward to having a partnership in the development of green hydrogen, including the joint development of a Green Hydrogen corridor. South African head of Investment and Infrastructure, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, recently met with Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Commissioner James Mnyupe in Windhoek to discuss the potential for green hydrogen to diversify their economies, create jobs, and address energy emergencies.
South Africa anticipates establishing a Green Hydrogen corridor between the two countries including green mobility. The two countries are the foremost leaders in the Green Hydrogen space given their mineral and renewable energy endowments, said Dr Ramokgopa. This initiative is in continuation with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa’s proposed hydrogen partnership with Namibia in October 2020, as the neighbouring country targets to become a major exporter of green hydrogen, through the implementation of the Boegoebaai hydrogen power project.
South Africa last year unveiled a N$300-billion ($20 billion) investment pipeline under a Green Hydrogen National Programme, which has been designated as a Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) for accelerated development under the country’s Infrastructure Development Act. The country has the potential to produce up to 13 million tonnes of green hydrogen and derivatives a year by 2050, but to do so would require between 140GW and 300GW of renewable energy, which would represent a massive scale-up in a context where South Africa had procured only about 7GW of wind and solar since 2011. Among the envisioned projects is the development of a 2,500-km cross-border pipeline from Luderitz to Saldanha, a project which Mnyupe estimates will cost N$352.6 billion (€20 billion).
Namibia, according to its Green Hydrogen Strategy, is targeting to create a green fuels industry with a production capacity of 10-12 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of hydrogen equivalent (H2) by 2050. A new report released by McKinsey, however, indicated that the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance (AGHA) member countries – Egypt, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, and South Africa – need to invest between N$7.7 trillion-N$15 trillion (US$450 billion to US$900 billion) in cumulative investment by 2050 to realise the grouping nations’ green hydrogen potential.
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The partnership between Namibia and South Africa is a significant step in the development of green hydrogen in Africa, as the two countries have the potential to become major players in the industry. With investment and collaboration, the green hydrogen industry in Africa has the potential to bring about economic growth and address energy emergencies
