Dubai-based AMEA plans to build green hydrogen plant in Kenya, supported by Softbank

Dubai-based AMEA plans to build green hydrogen plant in Kenya, supported by Softbank

AMEA Power, a Dubai-based renewable-energy company, plans to build a green hydrogen facility in the Kenyan port of Mombasa in what would be a first for the East African country.

AMEA, which is participating in a $4.5 billion pledge by the United Arab Emirates to boost renewable energy in Africa, would start with a one-gigawatt electrolyzer at the site, Chairman Hussain Al Nowais said in an interview at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi on Wednesday.

For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Let’s start with one gigawatt and see how the world is going before I start committing billions and billions of dollars,” he said, add-ing that green hydrogen is an “evolving technology.”

Kenya is vying to join the race by African nations to harness renewable energy to power the splitting of water to create so-called green hydrogen, which could ultimately replace natural gas as a fuel. South Africa, Namibia, Mauritania, Morocco, and Egypt are pushing forward with hydrogen plans.

The plant in Mombasa would use electricity generated from geothermal plants inland and will be based at the port to ease exports, he said. The family-owned company is also exploring the possibility of setting up a hydrogen