SA sets sights on $250bn in hydrogen investment
South Africa has set its sights on attracting as much as $250-billion into its nascent green hydrogen industry by 2050 to take advantage of abundant solar and wind energy sources.
The industry could create 1.4-million jobs and generate as much as $30-billion in annual revenue by that year, according to Masopha Moshoeshoe, a green economy specialist in the Presidency’s investment and infrastructure office.
Green hydrogen, which is made by splitting water using renewable energy, is one of three key ways South Africa is pursuing to shift its economy away from a reliance on coal, which currently accounts for more than 80% of its electricity. The others are developing an electric-vehicle industry and shifting power production to wind and solar power.
The plan, included in a presentation by Moshoeshoe at the COP27 international climate conference in Egypt last month, would involve South Africa exporting as much as eight- million tons of the clean-burning fuel and its derivatives by 2050 and satisfying local demand of between two- and five-million tons, he said.
While other African countries such as Morocco and Namibia have already positioned themselves as potential hydrogen producers, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased interest in supply and created more opportunities for cooperation, he said.
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