Water for the electrolysis will come from desalination
Hyphen seeks strategic partners
Talks underway with potential new investors to support execution of $10bn green hydrogen project, CEO tells Hydrogen Economist
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy is in talks with potential new investors in its $10bn Namibian green hydrogen project as it seeks strategic partners with the financial clout and technology to support it through the construction phase, CEO Marco Raffinetti tells Hydrogen Economist in an interview. The Hyphen project, located in the Tsau Khaeb National Park in southwestern Namibia, is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and only fully vertically integrated green hydrogen project. Plans envisage the project reaching first-phase capacity of 1mn t/yr by 2027. At full-scale, it is expected to produce 2mn t/yr from 3GW of electrolyser capacity powered by 7GW of renewables. “We will bring in appropriate partners wi
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