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British Petroleum (BP), an oil and gas global giant, announced Monday August 28 plans to inject $3.5 billion in Egypt for the next three years. BP’s chief executive Bernard Looney made the announcement after meeting with President Abdelfattah al-Sisi. The investments will go towards research, exploration and development, the office of the Egyptian leader announced. […]
Chariot Green Hydrogen Ltd, a subsidiary of Chariot Energy Group, announced on Wednesday it signed with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and Oort Energy Limited, new partnership agreements to extend their collaboration to test the production of green hydrogen in Morocco. The agreements are focused on the construction, commissioning and operating of an electrolyser pilot […]
UK Oblin group, which builds and operates hybrid utility scale solar, wind, hydro, biomass, waste to energy power stations, will carry out a major green hydrogen project in the Moroccan Saharan Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region. This zero-carbon project was disclosed following a visit paid lately by a delegation of investors, led by Oblin’s CEO, Brannan Tempest, […]
African countries are aspiring to establish themselves as renewables-driven hubs to supply escalating global demand for green hydrogen, just as hydrogen diplomacy has intensified in recent years, with the EU outpacing other competitors on the green hydrogen front in Africa. More than 50 projects have now been proposed across Africa to supply an expected surge […]
Morocco’s plans to become a green hydrogen powerhouse are luring European customers including Germany and most recently Netherlands. The Dutch and the Moroccan governments signed a financing deal to look into green hydrogen infrastructure. Germany had integrated Morocco in its H2Uppp program targeting hydrogen projects in developing countries. But the project that is closest to […]
The European Union is eyeing the potential of Africa’s yet-to-be-developed green hydrogen industry, deepening climate and energy partnerships in the process, as evidenced by the recently inked $34 billion deal for a giant green hydrogen project in Mauritania. After a recent rush on Africa’s natural gas resources following the Russia-Ukraine war flare up in March […]
Belgium’s energy firm, John Cockerill, plans to invest in green hydrogen as part of a joint venture in Morocco where they plan to manufacture key equipment to transform electricity into hydrogen at a lower cost, Afrik21 reported. “In Morocco, John Cockerill will manufacture alkaline electrolyzers. This is the most widespread technology for the production of […]
Harnessing Africa’s solar energy to produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035 can help secure global energy supply, create jobs, decarbonize heavy industry, and transform access to clean water and sustainable energy, according to a new report by the European Investment Bank (EIB). Africa could make $1.1 trillion from the sale […]
King Mohammed VI has urged the Government and all stakeholders to speed up the development of renewable energies, especially solar and wind energy, as well as green hydrogen and to endeavor to attract more domestic and foreign investment in the sector. Building on its progress, Morocco should accelerate the deployment of renewable energy in order […]
A consortium of Belgian companies revealed Monday on the sideline of the ongoing COP27 plans to set up a center for the production and storage of green hydrogen in Egypt, meant for export to Europe. The Belgian Alliance for Companies, made of DEME Group, Fluxys, and Antwerp Port met with Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli […]