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The release of the GHCS for comment also
follows the first South Africa Green Hydrogen
Summit, which took place in Cape Town on
November 28-30.
It was confirmed at the summit that South
Africa has a potential green hydrogen invest-
ment pipeline of ZAR300bn ($17.3bn), writes
Engineering News.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister
Patricia de Lille announced at the summit that
the Green Hydrogen National Programme had
been included in an updated list of Strategic
Integrated Projects (SIPs) for accelerated devel-
opment under the country’s Infrastructure
Development Act. South Africa aims to be a producer and exporter of hydrogen (Image: Polity.gov.za)
According to Engineering News, projects
identified as SIPs are theoretically placed on an in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
expedited path to development, with prescribed The plan outlines investments valued at a
and shortened timeframes for various project combined ZAR1.5 trillion ($84bn) that should
approvals and authorisations. be made in the electricity, electric vehicle and
Green hydrogen also features in the govern- green hydrogen sectors over the five years from
ment’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan 2023 to 2027. The JET-IP document will be
(JET-IP), unveiled by South Africa’s President opened up to consultation and is expected to be
Cyril Ramaphosa ahead of COP27 climate talks finalised in February 2023. ™

Eni, Rwanda sign four agreements on

creation of energy transition hub

RWANDA ENI (Italy) has signed a package of four agree-
ments with the government of Rwanda to facil-
itate the creation of an energy transition hub in
that country, it said on November 24.
In a statement, the Italian major explained
that the agreements laid the groundwork for
joint innovation in the areas of agriculture, for-
est ecosystem protection, health and technology.
Under the agricultural accord, Eni will work
with Rwanda’s National Industrial Research and
Development Agency to launch a pilot project to
produce high-quality seeds for oil crops and to
use drones for crop monitoring and soil analysis.
The forestry accord, meanwhile, calls for Eni
to work with the Rwanda Development Board
and the non-profit tech start-up Rainforest Con-
nection to generate carbon credits while also Eni and the Rwandan government signed four agreements (Photo: Eni)
protecting forests. The parties will use high-tech
equipment and solutions to protect threatened Finally, the technology accord between Eni
plant and animal species. and Rwanda’s Ministry of ICT and Innovation
At the same time, the health accord will see will “play a cross-cutting role in supporting
Eni Foundation join forces with the Ministry initiatives in areas of common interest: from
of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Finance precision agriculture to forest monitoring and
and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) over a health,” Eni said. “The parties will collaborate to
period of three years to bolster basic child health disseminate these technologies and create syn-
and maternal care services. They will focus on ergies with the country’s start-ups.”
managing obstetric emergencies in Rwanda’s The agreements follow the signing of a mem-
Gisagara, Musanze, Nyagatare and Rulindo dis- orandum of understanding (MoU) between Eni
tricts, which are home to a target population of and the Rwandan government earlier this year,
around 1.5mn people. the Italian major noted in its statement.

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