South Africa Sets Sights on $250 Billion in Hydrogen Investment

(Bloomberg) — South Africa set its sights on attracting as much as $250 billion into its nascent green hydrogen industry by 2050 to take advantage of abundant solar and wind energy sources.Most Read from BloombergThe industry could create 1.4 million jobs and generate as much as $30 billion in annual revenue by that year, according to Masopha Moshoeshoe, a green economy specialist in the South African Presidency’s investment and infrastructure office.Green hydrogen, which is made by splitting water using renewable energy, is one of three key ways South Africa is pursuing to shift its economy away from a reliance on coal, which currently accounts for more than 80% of its electricity. The others are developing an electric-vehicle industry and shifting power production to wind and solar power.The plan, included in a presentation by Moshoeshoe at the COP27 international climate…

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