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A new report says that by 2050, green hydrogen could increase the GDP of six African countries by $126 billion, which is equal to 12% of their current GDP, and create up to 4 million jobs.
The UK government has provided funds for a group of specialists from the University of Manchester under the direction of Dr. Amir Keshmiri to assist Powerhouse Energy in recovering hydrogen for use in sustainable energy.
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has obtained exclusive land rights to host up to 7.6GW of large-scale wind and solar that would generate green hydrogen in Egypt.
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) and German regional airline Evia Aero have agreed to collaborate on the creation of a 19-seat hydrogen-powered aircraft.
India has said it wants to take part in this hydrogen revolution. According to the Harnessing Green Hydrogen research by NITI Aayog and RMI, India is in a good position to convert some of the lowest realized renewable energy costs in the world directly into a competitive green hydrogen economy.
The National Hydrogen Strategy 2030 for the UAE has been commissioned by the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI) and will be developed by GHD Advisory and Fraunhofer Society.
With the goal of producing and exporting green ammonia, AMEA Power and the Egyptian government inked a framework agreement to build a 1 GW green hydrogen project in the Suez Governorate.
A framework agreement was signed by Masdar, its consortium partners Infinity Power Holding and Hassan Allam Utilities, and prominent state-backed institutions in Egypt for the development of a 2 GW green hydrogen project in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE).
Together with the Federal Ministries for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), KfW presented the first financing platform in the world for specialized financing of green hydrogen infrastructure at the UN climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh and introduced its derivatives.
Germany aims to encourage the growth of the hydrogen economy internationally and has established two new funding pools totaling 550 million euros.
