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- South Africa eyes massive green hydrogen production for export markets
- Plans to double hydrogen production could boost GDP significantly
- Abundant renewable resources, expertise, and platinum reserves drive optimism
South Africa has ambitious plans to produce green hydrogen on a massive scale and figures on exporting to countries with aggressive carbon dioxide emission targets to meet. Green hydrogen is critical for decarbonising heavy industries and transport sectors.
Locally, South Africa uses 2.4-million tonnes of grey hydrogen a year, made mostly by Sasol. It is a mere 2% of global hydrogen production, but the government is looking to double it, starting with several high-profile green hydrogen projects. If realised, these green hydrogen projects could add nearly R180-billion a year to the GDP.
This bullish outlook rests on three things South Africa has in abundance:
– Lots of sun and wind for making renewable energy
– Expertise in our own, patented Fischer-Tropsch process for producing hydrogen, and
– 70% share of global platinum reserves essential for making the electrolysers used to separate hydrogen from oxygen in water
— 2 May, 2024Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
