While most are faced with a woeful lack of power-generating infrastructure, they could very well have an unprecedented bounty of options to solve that problem going forward. Tried and true fossil fuel technology will remain an important part of the solution, but renewable energy sources are poised, both technologically and politically, to begin filling the gaps.
The majority of Africa’s renewable energy capacity has been driven by projects mainly in Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania and South Africa. Our continent’s 2023 renewable energy capacity is expected to reach 21.5 gigawatts this year and increase to nearly 30 GW by 2025. The recent growth in renewables, however, has given new hope to those who dreamed of abundant carbon-free hydrogen. By using solar and wind energy to produce green hydrogen, clean energy begets more clean energy, and hydrogen can then carry the load when the wind won’t blow and the sun won’t shine, neutralising one of the biggest criticisms of renewables.
According to the AEC report, Namibia has signed hydrogen export agreements with Germany and South Korea, Mauritania is building its pipeline capacity and South Africa controls about 90% of the world’s reserves of platinum group metals, which are critical for the manufacture of polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysers.
The study suggested that hydrogen could eventually be viably produced for USD2 per kilogramme — nearly half the price of hydrogen from the rest of the world.
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