- An official document on green hydrogen production reveals Algerian-Tunisian superiority along the line in the North African region.
- Long-term forecasts extending to 2050 follow the same trend, namely the continuation of a three-fold difference between Algerian-Tunisian supplies and their Moroccan counterparts.
An official document on green hydrogen production reveals that expected supplies of green hydrogen from the Algerian-Tunisian line in the North African region to the European continent will surpass that of Morocco.
These supplies will exceed three times the supplies that will be exported from Morocco within the framework of what has become known as the “Southern Hydrogen (SoutH2) Corridor.”
Tunisia’s Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines document on the national strategy for developing green hydrogen shows that supplies from Algeria and Tunisia to the European continent will reach 70 terawatt-hours by 2030, while Morocco will not get to the stage of producing green hydrogen in the same year.
The supply of this clean energy source from Algeria and Tunisia via the Transmed pipeline, starting from the Hassi R’mel fields (southern Algeria) to Italy via Tunisian territory, will reach 150 terawatt-hours by 2040, while Morocco is expected to reach 46 terawatt-hours in the same year. This indicates a threefold difference.
Long-term forecasts extending to 2050 follow the same trend, namely the continuation of a three-fold difference between Algerian-Tunisian supplies and their Moroccan counterparts, as they are expected to reach 375 terawatt-hours, compared to 115 terawatt-hours, which is Morocco’s supply to Europe.
Last July, Piero Ercoli, CEO of the Decarbonisation Unit at the Italian company Snam, responsible for engineering the Southern Hydrogen Corridor (SoutH2 Corridor), revealed the expected costs of producing and transporting this clean energy from Algeria and Tunisia to Germany via Italy and Austria.
Ercoli said it would be difficult to compete with, noting that Algeria and Tunisia stand out as regions where conditions will be very favourable for the production of green hydrogen. According to him, this will be a source of supply for the Southern Hydrogen Corridor, where it is expected that this green energy will be produced at 4 euros per kilogram.