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Engie, Scatec to produce green

hydrogen in South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA FRANCE’S Engie has signed a contract with production is gaining momentum in South
Release by Scatec, a subsidiary of Norwegian Africa, and elsewhere in Africa, with projects
independent power producer (IPP) Scatec, to brought in by major groups such as Siemens,
produce green hydrogen for the Mogalakwena Man and Eni in Egypt.
platinum mine in Limpopo Province of South In South Africa, green hydrogen is also being
Africa. developed by Sasol. The chemical giant wants to
The two partners aim to be the first to begin set up green hydrogen transport solutions.
commercial production of green hydrogen in A recent study from IHS Markit found
Africa. that South Africa was well-placed to pursue a
Engie has already signed an agreement with national strategy based on low-carbon hydrogen.
UK miner Anglo American to produce green It could offer South Africa a “win-win” for the
hydrogen at the Mogalakwena mine. government’s employment and decarbonisation
Release by Scatec is to provide modular solar goals, as the country can use its wind and sun
power generation solutions for the project for an resources to produce low-carbon hydrogen for
initial two years. The containerised technology export and for use in the domestic economy.
installed at the Mogalakwena mine will offer 616 The study finds that hydrogen production
kW of solar capacity. could reach 3.8mn tonnes per year (by 2050,
“We are proud to support Engie and Anglo but only with a supportive commercial and pol-
American in this important project. This is icy environment. By starting soon, production
Scatec’s first involvement in powering hydrogen could reach 0.75mn tpy by 2030.
production, and further demonstrates the poten- By 2050, 2mn tpy would be for domestic con-
tial of pre-assembled and containerised solar PV sumption, equal to 6-8% of final energy demand.
in the mining industry,” says Hans Olav Kval- Scatec currently operates 1,574 MW of solar
vaag, senior vice-president Release at Scatec. The capacity worldwide, alongside 1,422 MW of
electricity generated will be converted via elec- hydro and 39 MW of wind. It also has 320 MW of
trification into green hydrogen to power Anglo solar under construction and a project pipeline
American’s facilities. of 670 MW of solar in development.™
Research and development of green hydrogen

IRENA, Hydrogen Council to scale up hydrogen

GLOBAL HYDROGEN producers are to harness the The deal forges a major new model collab-
energy expertise of the International Renewa- oration between the two organisations, which
ble Energy Agency (IRENA) in a bid to develop are keen to combine IRENA’s renewable energy
green production and to make a significant con- expertise with the Hydrogen Council’s network
tribution to global net-zero goals. of 120 member companies across the entire
The Hydrogen Council, which represents hydrogen value chain.
CEOs of hydrogen companies, and IRENA have “IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook
signed a partnership agreement to exchange makes it clear that we have to urgently step-up
knowledge, best practice and data. action on all fronts of the energy transition to
The two will concentrate on the costs and vol- achieve our climate and sustainable develop-
umes of electrolysers, policy frameworks, market ment goals. Green hydrogen is a critical pillar
design, certification systems and technical and for decarbonising energy systems. With today’s
safety standards. agreement we will significantly increase knowl-
The agreement also calls for the two partners edge exchange and international co-operation
to work towards achieving the aims of IRENA’s and co-ordinated action in this space,” said La
Collaborative Framework on Green Hydrogen. Camera.
The framework brings together public, pri- According to the Hydrogen Council, total
vate, intergovernmental and non-governmen- investment in hydrogen projects and along the
tal actors to support and accelerate the global whole value chain currently amounts to an esti-
energy transformation in relevant areas such as mated $500bn until 2030.
green hydrogen. A total of 131 large-scale hydrogen projects
The deal was signed by Francesco La Camera, have been unveiled since February 2021, taking
director-general of IRENA, and Daryl Wilson, the global total to 359 projects.™
executive director of the Hydrogen Council.

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