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AfrElec HYDROGEN AfrElec
SA green hydrogen project
secures $15.7mn backing from
German government
SOUTH AFRICA THE German government has approved a aviation fuel (SAF), known as e-kerosene.
$15.7mn grant to UK-based chemicals group Sasol, with operations in 22 countries world-
Linde to support a green hydrogen project in wide, already produces a certified jet fuel at its
northeastern South Africa. Secunda facility, in Mpumalanga, but using grey
The subsidy seeks to drive the development hydrogen. The German funding will support the
of the HySHiFT project by Sasol, Enertrag and first phase of the project, during which a 40 MW
Hydregen Energy in the Mpumalanga region, electrolyser is envisaged.
Mining Weekly reports. It coincided with the launch of the inaugural
Germany’s Economic Affairs and Climate $948mn, H2Global tender for the importation
Action Minister, Robert Habeck confirmed the into Germany and the European Union of green
approval of the grant during his recent visit to hydrogen derivatives.
South Africa. “The idea of the instrument is to support
The HySHiFT partners aim to build a 200MW the global market ramp-up for green hydrogen,
electrolyser and 450MW of renewable electricity whereby the long-term purchase agreements
to split water into hydrogen and oxygen and to provide hydrogen exporters with the security
use the green hydrogen in locally-headquartered they need to invest, while customers are able to
chemicals multinational, Sasol’s existing Fis- access green-hydrogen derivatives sooner and
cher Tropsch facilities to produce a sustainable at competitive prices,” Mining Weekly writes.
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