- The Australian energy company CWP Global has signed an agreement with the Djibouti authorities for a green hydrogen project.
- The company wants to develop 10 GW of electrolysis capacity from renewable energy.
Djibouti joins the African nations that are starting the green hydrogen industry’s development. The Djibouti government and the firm from Newcastle, Australia, have just inked a contract for developing a green hydrogen project over the coming years. Negotiations between the Australian delegation and the Djiboutian government, headed by the President of the Republic, Ismael Omar Guelleh, resulted in the officially signed agreement on December 5, 2022.
The company wants to develop 10 GW of electrolysis capacity based on renewable energy. In addition, CWP Global intends to integrate this project into Djibouti’s Vision 2035, said Alex Hewitt, CEO of CWP Global, following the signing of the agreement with the Djibouti government.
In addition to exporting, CWP intends to contribute some of the generated electricity to the national grid of Djibouti. This will help the government develop all of its electricity from renewable sources by the year 2030. According to Power Africa, the nation has a thermal power plant-derived installed capacity of 126 MW. Moreover, with the commissioning of the Ghoubet wind farm (60 MW), which the German energy company Siemens Gamesa is now building along the border between the districts of Arta and Tadjourah, Djibouti will start to diversify its electricity mix.