Featured in Beyond solar – 08-2023

Will green hydrogen benefit Africa?

Extravagant promises have been made about the potential of the African continent to rocket-fuel its economies on the back of dirt-cheap clean power potential but can they be delivered?

By

Max Hall

25 Jul 2023

The completed Hyphen Tsau Khaeb plant is expected to cost $10 billion. | Photo: Hyphen Hydrogen Energy

With Western governments scrambling to lock in decarbonization pathways, the important energy carrier hydrogen offers rich promise to some of the world’s poorest nations.It is a seductive idea: Countries such as Namibia, Angola, and Mauritania offer abundant solar and wind resources which, combined with cheap labor, offer bargain-basement renewable energy. Solar riches have thus far …

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