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More LNG than GH2: A Swapo election billboard outside Swakopmund that echoes the ruling party’s manifesto, which relegates green hydrogen to a supporting rather than main act in their vision of the future. (John Grobler)
ELECTIONS SLOWING DOWN GREEN HYDROGEN

Namibia’s green hydrogen economy stalls as Swapo shifts focus to hydro, gas

Oxpeckers tracked 14 GH2 projects in the country and found that implementation has been slow, with the only real growth being in bureaucracy

  • John Grobler
9 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

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