Mauritania, Egypt’s energy company Infinity, and Masdar of the United Arab Emirates inked a memorandum of agreement for a $34 billion green hydrogen project in the West African nation.
According to Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, chief of the presidency’s infrastructure office, wealthy countries have a responsibility to support South Africa’s development of green hydrogen as part of a worldwide drive to decarbonize.
The Kenyan government will get 1.8 million euros (Sh244.2 million) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for further loans to green hydrogen investors there.
RINA joined the African Hydrogen Partnership (AHP) as an associate member with the goal of actively contributing to the advancement of hydrogen, hydrogen-based chemicals, electrolysers, fuel cell technology, and associated economic prospects in Africa.
Together with its ambitious aspirations to transport the hydrogen from North Africa to Europe, Morocco has a great opportunity to join the Mediterranean hydrogen project via its neighbor, Spain.
Anglo American Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen says South Africa’s hydrogen corridor, a critical integrated project, will create 14,000 jobs and use 63,000 oz of platinum.
ReNew Energy Global and Engineers India are two Indian energy firms that have declared interest in looking into new green hydrogen business potential and energy projects in Africa and the Middle East, particularly Morocco.
