Africa first hydrogen power plant to produce electricity by 2024.
Namibia currently imports more than a third of its power from neighbouring South Africa.
French independent power producer HDF Energy expects its green hydrogen power plant in Namibia, Africa’s first, to start producing electricity by 2024, according to a senior company executive.
Nicolas Lecomte, HDF Energy director for Southern Africa, said:
Yearly we can produce 142 gigawatt hours, enough for 142,000 inhabitants and that is conservative.
Once operational, the 3.1 billion Namibian dollars ($181.25m) Swakopmund project will supply clean electricity power, 24 hours a day all year round, boosting electricity supply in the Southern African nation.
Currently, Namibia imports more than a third of its power from neighbouring South Africa.
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