Namibian hydrogen turns heads
The desert nation’s potential as a source of clean fuel exports is attracting growing European attention
Namibian president Hage Geingob led his country’s first official delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos in late May with more than 30 projects to showcase across multiple sectors. However, the primary reason for the invitation was mounting European recognition of Namibia’s enormous potential as a source of some of the vast volumes of green hydrogen required to decarbonise the continent. And the project focused on by both parties was one designed to do just that—a planned $10bn green hydrogen and ammonia production and export hub off Namibia’s southern coast that promises to supply 300,000t/yr to world markets by the end of the decade. The details were unchanged since the scheme was
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