- Namibia plans green hydrogen production.
Cleanergy Solutions has been awarded the JCOI/PTX grant to set up a Hydrogen pilot plant and refuelling station on the coast of Namibia. The award was announced at the Namibia National Green Hydrogen Conference held in the capital.
According to Roy Campe, Chief Technology Officer of CMB Tech, “Walvis Bay will become the first hydrogen port in Africa. To kickstart the hydrogen economy, it’s key to produce and deliver green hydrogen at an affordable cost. Through the grants, local Namibians will become economically advantageous to use these new fuels and get acquainted with the technology.”
Eike Krafft, Group Director of Innovations at the O&L Group, advised that €30 million ($29.76m) had been awarded to four projects by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to the Namibian Government.
One of these four projects includes the Cleanergy pilot plant and refuelling station, which is intended to be up and running at the end of 2023.