Green Hydrogen Production

The road to a green hydrogen economy in Africa

European nations are scrambling for Africa’s green hydrogen, striking deals to tap into the continent’s vast wind and solar potential for export

Bonface Orucho

7 min read

Green hydrogen is hydrogen gas made from renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power. (File photo)

CARBON NEUTRAL ENERGY

17 SEP 2024

EU backs South Africa’s move to green hydrogen

But the European Union’s investment is a fraction of what is needed, and environmentalists are wary of ‘green colonialism’

Ozayr Patel

4 min read

Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo, cautioning at the summit that overly-optimistic predictions of up to 250,000 jobs by 2030 may not be realistic but what mattered was the establishing of a new type of industry that he termed the second industrialisation revolution. Photo: John Grobler

CLEAN ENERGY NAMIBIA

15 SEP 2024

Slow walk to deliver green hydrogen talk in Namibia

Taking stock of progress on Namibia’s ambitious green hydrogen programme

John Grobler

6 min read

Drivers in the cabin of a hydrogen-powered truck during a moving demonstration, part of Anglo American Plc’s NuGen carbon-neutral project, at the Anglo American Platinum Ltd. Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mogalakwena, South Africa, on Friday, May 6, 2022. Anglo American unveiled the worlds biggest green-hydrogen powered truck at a platinum mine in northeast South Africa where it aims to replace a fleet of 40 diesel-fueled vehicles that each use about a million liters of the fossil fuel every year. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

CARBON NEUTRAL ENERGY

10 SEP 2024

EU’s R628m deal to boost South Africa’s green hydrogen programme

The European Union will provide grants which will partly go towards state-owned logistics company Transnet This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get…

Ozayr Patel

1 min read