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German Economy Minister Robert Habeck to cover Namibia’s current power demand of
hinted at financial support for the project dur- about 5 TWh. Namibia could therefore become
ing a visit to Windhoek on Monday, Decem- the first carbon-neutral country on the African
ber 5, according to the media agency. He also continent and eliminate the need to import
remarked that the investment sum of around electricity from neighbouring South Africa,
€10bn “almost equals the annual gross national Bloomberg notes.
product of Namibia.” Ammonia is one of the most common basic
The project will be located near the old colo- materials in the chemical industry. More than
nial port town of Luderitz on Namibia’s Skeleton 180mn tonnes per year (tpy) is produced glob-
Coast. It will use the country’s abundant solar ally and processed into fertilisers or used in
and wind power to produce green hydrogen, chemical processes or other applications. ™
which would then be turned into ammonia and
shipped to Germany.
After a shortfall of natural gas following Rus-
sia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, coun-
tries in Europe and particularly Germany are
rushing to secure alternative sources of energy
from across the globe, writes Bloomberg.
German energy giant RWE is currently
building a second domestic ammonia terminal
and earlier this week signed a memorandum
with Hyphen that could see it offtake up to
300,000 tonnes a year of green ammonia, which
is particularly suitable for transport by ship.
“We have a great demand for green ammonia
in Germany,” Habeck said.
According to Rainer Baake, a special Ger-
man government envoy for German-Namibian
climate and energy cooperation, the hydrogen
plant could produce up to 20 TWh of energy. Habeck (R) met with Namibian President Hage
A quarter of this amount would be enough Geingob (L) on December 5 (Photo: Twitter/@BMWK)

South Africa grants special status to Hive

Energy Africa’s green ammonia project

SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s government has registered a in Cape Town that the Coega Green Ammo-
$5.8bn green energy development in the south nia project by British renewables developer,
of the country as a special integrated project, Hive Energy Africa (Hive) would be built on
making its implementation a national priority. a fast-track basis due to this special status, the
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister local publication Mining Weekly reported on
Patricia de Lilletold a Green Hydrogen Summit December 6.

Future site of Coega Green Ammonia project (Image: Hive Energy)

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