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Africa’s first hydrogen power plant seen producing electricity in 2024

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterCAPE TOWN, Sept 12 (Reuters) – French independent power producer HDF Energy (HDF.PA) expects its green hydrogen power plant in Namibia, Africa’s first, to start producing electricity by 2024, a senior company executive said on Monday.Once operational, the 3.1 billion Namibian dollar ($181.25 million) Swakopmund project will supply clean electricity power, 24 hours a day all-year round, boosting electricity supply in the southern African nation that imports around 40% of its power from neighbouring South Africa.Namibia, one of the world’s sunniest and least densely populated countries, wants to harness its vast potential for solar and wind energy to produce green hydrogen and position the country as a renewable energy hub in Africa.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterHydrogen is categorised “green”…

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