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South Africa grants special
status to green ammonia
SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s government has registered a Development Corporation and the Infrastruc-
$5.8bn green energy investment being devel- ture Investment PMO to support Hive Energy
oped south of the country as a special integrated and Linde fully as they develop this multibil-
project, making its implementation a national lion-rand project that spans across the Northern
priority. and the Western Cape and is anchored in the
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Eastern Cape.”
Patricia de Lille, according to a local publica- The project will have a yearly output of 950
tion, Mining Weekly on Tuesday (December 6), 000 tonnes of green ammonia, used in generat-
told a Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town ing electricity and powering ships.
that the Coega Green Ammonia project by Brit- Denise van Huysteen, the Nelson Man-
ish renewables developer, Hive Energy Africa dela Bay Business Chamber chief executive
(Hive) will be built on fast-track basis due to the officer, highlighted that the project is ideally
status it has received. located in a region with abundant wind and solar
Oscar Mabuyane, Premier of Eastern Cape resources and the potential to export to the Far
where the investment is situated, said the pro- East, Europe and America.
ject will trigger industrial development with Also speaking at the summit, Hive Hydrogen
upstream and downstream opportunities that general manager Colin Loubser said the renew-
will create more than 20,000 jobs locally. ables developer had secured the commitment
“The Eastern Cape,” he said during the from one of the world’s largest battery and solar
November 28-30 conference, “gave their panel manufacturers to establish plants in Coega
strong backing for the project at the Eastern to support the project and other renewable ener-
Cape Investment Conference in Buffalo City gy-led businesses in the country.
recently and we will continue through the Coega
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