- German Energy Corporation signs an agreement with Niger to develop the hydrogen market.
- The energy to be generated will be exported to other countries.
The Nigerien authorities and the German-based company, Emerging Energy Corporation (EEC), have signed an agreement to develop a hydrogen market. This agreement is the culmination of talks between the Nigerien government and the energy company since the first contact was made in Cape Town, South Africa, during the African Energy Week in 2021.
The Nigerien government has given the green light for exploring and developing green hydrogen projects. EEC is developing a strategy focused on Africa; it plans to implement an electrolysis technique based on clean energy. It also believes that such a process should help decarbonize emission-intensive industries in Niger, Africa, Europe, and other countries that rely heavily on fossil fuels.
The green hydrogen produced in Niger will be exported to the international market, particularly to Europe and America. Moreover, the projects currently being developed in other African countries have the same objective, to support the energy transition in developed countries. However, in Niger, EEC plans to invest in various projects to decarbonize oil field operations and refineries through CO2 capture technologies.
The new agreement puts Niger in the race to develop the green hydrogen market in Africa. This West African country joins the most advanced countries in this field, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, and Namibia.