Namibia has enlisted a German consortium for an ambitious $9.4bn green hydrogen project, but questions remain over the country’s potential competitiveness in the sector.
Namibia considers its contribution to the fight against climate change a ‘strategic bet’ and has pledged to reduce its emissions by 91% over the next five years.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa stands ready to be a major exporter of green hydrogen and has described the special economic zone (SEZ) proposed for development at Boegoebaai, in the Northern Cape, as a major step towards realising the country’s potential to be a global leader in green hydrogen and derivative products, such as power fuels. In an address to the second Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium, which took place as a hybrid event in Sandton on Thursday, Ramaphosa described green energy more generally as one of the “new frontiers of infrastructure development”.