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REGIONAL REPORT: MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
exports. Egypt is also exploring green H2
tion from Australia's Fortescue
Metals Group to discuss
investment opportunities
in green H2
and ammonia,
with the aim of exporting to
international markets. No
concrete project announcements
have emerged to date.
Africa-Germany H2
initiafor
mobility, such
as fueling tourist buses in Cairo.
In Jordan, government officials have met with a delega31,000
metric tpy of green H2
and CO2
emissions abatement
of 280,000 metric tpy. Work on the project is expected to
begin in 2022 after a feasibility study is completed.
Morocco is also workAlthough
Europe is leading the global
revolution in green H2
, the oil-rich
tive. Germany's Forschungszentrum
Jülich GmbH
is exploring, together with
15 West African countries
(ECOWAS member states)
and 16 Southern African
countries (SADC member states), the potential of green H2
production in African regions. The H2
Power-Africa Atlas
Project, announced in May 2021, will assess the potential of
generating green H2
in West and Southern Africa. The projpilot
ect
results will be presented in the form of an interactive atlas,
which will show the locations of potential green H2
plants to be considered in the next phase of the project.
Germany is also working with Namibia, a key location in
Power-Africa Atlas, to produce green H2
the H2
from solar
energy at prices as low as $1.80/kg. Germany is working to
secure prime locations for H2
renewable power installations.
production supported by large
Morocco studies green ammonia. A JV of Greece-based
Consolidated Contractors Co. (CCC) and Ireland's Fusion
Fuel Green are planning to develop an $850-MM green H2
-
powered ammonia project in Morocco. The HEVO Ammonia
Morocco project is expected to produce 183,000 metric
t of green ammonia by 2026, with a production capacity of
Middle East has a vested interested in
developing its renewable energy resources
and trade partnerships to facilitate
the regional and global transitions
to low-carbon, sustainable energy.
ing with the International
Renewable Energy Agency
(IRENA) to advance its renewable
H2
economy and
accelerate the uptake of renewable
energy as it seeks
to become a major green
H2
producer and exporter.
The two parties will jointly
develop technology and
market studies, and explore
policy capabilities to engage
the private sector.
Morocco aims to increase
the share of renewables in
its energy mix to more than 52% by 2030. Greater renewables
and H2
dependence on coal for power generation.
South Africa investigates H2
firm Sasol is working with Toyota to develop a green H2
bility system for H2
production would help the country reduce its
mobility. Domestic energy
mo-powered
trucks along the country's longdistance
freight corridors. The South African company is also
studying the improvement of long-haul, heavy-duty freight efficiency
and sustainability via H2
with domestic fleet operator
Imperial Logistics.
Furthermore, Sasol is working with the Industrial Development
Corp. of South Africa (IDC) to develop a green H2
economy in South Africa. The organizations will work to develop
policy frameworks for green H2
commercial-scale H2
, as well as pilot- and
projects.
Renewables-driven potential abounds. Although Europe
is leading the global revolution in green H2
produc,
the oil-rich Middle
East has a vested interested in developing its renewable energy
resources and trade partnerships to facilitate the regional and
global transitions to low-carbon, sustainable energy. Africa,
too, is rich in renewable energy potential to power H2
tion and eventual exports.
The IRENA noted in a June 2021 report, " The potential levelized
cost of hydrogen, assuming the low solar photovoltaic and
onshore wind prices from the recent auctions in Saudi Arabia,
could be as little as $1.62 per kilogram of hydrogen. This compares
favorably with the hypothetical cost of natural gas steam
methane reforming, with today's carbon capture, utilization
and storage costs between $1.45 and $2.40 per kg of hydrogen. "
According to advocacy group Dii Desert Energy and consultancy
Roland Berger, the Middle East could be on track
to reap $200 B/year in H2
pouring billions of dollars of investment into the H2
Desert Energy believes that the production cost of H2
FIG. 2. The green H2
project is located in DEWA's outdoor testing
facility in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
R&D Center in Dubai.
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revenue by 2050. With the region
sector, Dii
could
fall by 30%-50% by 2030 in the Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) nations. Dii Desert Energy expects the cost of green H2
to reach parity with the cost of blue H2
H2 by 2030.
by 2025, and with gray
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