Africa

The Cabinet of the Government of the Republic of Namibia has approved the entry into an agreement with Hyphen to govern the development, implementation and operation of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, and its only fully vertically integrated, green H₂ project.

AW-Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kaoko Green Energy Solutions in Namibia to develop renewable energy and produce green H₂ from renewable energy sources including wave energy.

Fortescue Metals plans to develop a 300-MW green ammonia and fertilizer complex in Naivasha, Kenya. Once operational, the facility will increase domestic supplies of fertilizers and provide green H₂ to the nation’s electric grid.

Total active H₂ projects have increased by nearly 100 month-over-month (March–April), according to Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure (GEI) database. With nearly 50% market share, Western Europe continues to account for most H₂ projects under development, followed by the Asia-Pacific region (22%) and the U.S. (13%).

The Government of Kenya and Fortescue Future Industries have reinforced their commitment to progress towards developing a major green energy and fertilizer project together.

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) announced that its B&W Environmental business segment has been awarded a contract for more than $9 MM to design and supply two cooling systems for a clean H₂ production facility in the Middle East.

Hynfra has signed a framework cooperation agreement with Amarenco MENA, to produce H₂ and its derivatives, primarily ammonia, using electrolysis powered by clean energy resources. 

At the time of this publication, Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure (GEI) database was tracking more than 1,050 H₂ projects around the world. This is a 2% increase in total projects globally month-over-month.

Masdar and the IFC will explore support for the establishment of green H₂ platform for emerging markets, and potential collaboration on bankability and structuring issues for African renewable energy projects.

Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with two major industrial companies with the aim of Hyphen providing them with up to 750,000 tpy of green ammonia.