- HDF to build Namibia’s first green hydrogen plant.
- The EU also aims to sign a pact with Namibia to promote developing the green hydrogen industry.
Namibia, one of the sunniest and least populous nations in the world, wants to use its enormous potential for solar and wind energy to manufacture green hydrogen and establish itself as an African powerhouse for renewable energy. According to a senior company executive, Namibia’s first green hydrogen power plant, built by French independent power producer HDF Energy, is anticipated to generate electricity by 2024.
When completed, the 3.1 billion Namibian dollars ($181.25 million) Swakopmund project will provide clean electricity power 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, increasing the country’s ability to import about 40% of its power from South Africa, its neighbour.
HDF Energy is also eyeing new projects across Africa and other parts of the world. “Soon after southern Africa, you will see HDF developing projects in east Africa,” Lecomte told Reuters.
To lessen its reliance on Russian energy, the EU also aims to sign a pact with Namibia to promote the nation’s developing green hydrogen industry and increase its fuel imports.