Engie to carry out the feasibility study on South Africa’️s Hydrogen Valley

Engie to carry out the feasibility study on South Africa’️s Hydrogen Valley

Engie, a global reference group in low-carbon energy and services, will carry out a feasibility study to create an "Hydrogen Valley“ located on the Bushveld Complex and more broadly around Johannesburg, Mogalakwena and Kwazulu Natal in South Africa.

 

With its regional headquarters in Dubai, Engie announced the signing of an agreement together with South Africa's Department of Science and Innovation, South African National Energy Development Institute,  Anglo American, one of the world's leading producers of platinum group metals, and Bambili Energy, the clean energy solutions provider. 

 

The first step of the feasibility study, which is carried out by Engie Impact, is to identify tangible project opportunities to build hydrogen hubs in this key economic and transport corridor. 

 

The project's objective is to identify up to 3 hydrogen hubs- zones with a high concentration of hydrogen demand, with access to green hydrogen that act as a hydrogen eco-system. 

 

Subsequently, a techno-economic analysis will be carried out on each of the hubs to assess the business case for the identified projects, map their potential for positive social impact and define the political and regulatory actions needed to create the conditions for implementation. This study will make recommendations on hydrogen projects in the hydrogen hubs.

 

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