A green hydrogen production and storage facility will be built in Egypt along the Mediterranean Sea by a Belgian partnership of energy and green hydrogen-related businesses.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy), a manufacturer of fuel cells and hydrogen power plants, have formalized their collaboration to build a green hydrogen power plant in Swakopmund, Namibia.
The first phase of the green hydrogen plant in Ain Sokhna is now being commissioned by Egypt Green, a joint venture between Fertiglobe, Scatec, Orascom Construction, and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt.
IRENA and UNIDO want to use international collaboration as a platform that will enable investments, policies, and clean technology development to speed up the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Following the signing of a KES500 billion agreement with the UK to expedite green projects, Kenya’s President stated that the country aspires to produce 30GW of green hydrogen.
The EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, highlighted the enormous potential for renewable energies, green hydrogen in southern nations on the sidelines of the UN climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh.
An EU official said that the deal will create a framework for investments and is part of Brussels’ plan to import 10 million tonnes of hydrogen and produce 10 million tonnes domestically by 2030.
A new generation of interdisciplinary professionals capable of coming up with customized solutions to the ongoing energy crisis in West Africa would be prepared and trained under the program by Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH and RWTH Aachen University, both universities in Germany, with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany.
