What does green hydrogen mean for Namibia?
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Namibia is planning million-dollar investments to become a major green hydrogen supplier to Europe and Japan as early as 2028. In a series of investigations, the Oxpeckers #PowerTracker project looks into these plans and what they mean for the Southern African country.
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This project is still in a planning not really in effect yet
FUD!
This is massively inaccurate and simply not true. All green hydrogen pilot projects in Namibia have a local value addition component, training centers and research opportunities for local students. Further, the government is in the process of drafting Hydrogen related legislation which includes rigorous local content and local employment clauses. The Daures pilot project is not producing vegetables for the asian markets, the produce is all for Namibia markets. Where did you get this nonsensical information?? All projects had to do an independent environmental impact assessment and get environmental clearance before any construction could take place. I further challenge you to think of the green hydrogen industry potentially bringing water to Namibia since all projects are working closely with government and Namwater to realise desalination plants at the coast which can also cater for domestic and agricultural water needs of inland communities. And what do you mean the industry plans are not transparent? I have hardly seen any industry putting so much information out there, doing roadshows, media days, publications and having a Web presence. Green hydrogen has a big potential for green industrialisation, pushing Namibia onto a path of sustainable socioeconimic development. In comparison to other industries, it is an inclusive industry with the potential of developing upstream and downstream industries in Namibia while also solving water and electricity issues. Please reach out to the respective projects and speak to the industry before releasing factually wrong clickbaity pieces like this. To the public I can only say: do your own research and get your info from credible sources.
Dear Lutz
It was incorrect to state that the Daures production of vegetables is intended for the Asian market - the pilot project is to produce 500 tons of tomatoes (and carrots) for local consumption in the pilot phase, then scale up to a 15 000 ha project to supply the Asian market. This is a very short summary of what I had found visiting all of these sites, so things got a little bent in the translation.
I urge you to read the four articles I've produced so far on the topic on the Oxpeckers website before you leap to any confusions yourself.
The criticism of opaqueness is not one made only by me, but also by the likes of the IPPR and others who take a less boosterist view of an as of yet unproven model.
Seawater, wind and sun-light cost the same in Morocco, Algeria and Egypt - all countries undertaking similar projects - but the operational cost of setting up e.g. a 9 GW windfarm (equal to 16 times Namibia's peak demand for electricity, btw) in Luderitz is going to make whatever they produce already too expensive to compete with those countries who can tap their existing gas resources as well and are all about 8 000 km closer to Rotterdam etc. Also bear in mind that green hydrogen is as result of hight cost of equipement very expensive, with estimates ranging from two to ten times as much as hydrogen produced by SMR process.
The full story is yet to emerge, but I can tell you that there will not be a whole lot of green hydrogen produced before the Orange Basin does not start producing gas and the Big Oil boys put up the infrastructure to also tap the Kudu Gas Field.
Please note that none of the planned desalination plants, wind- and solar farms projects mention anything at all about supplying more water and electricity to local communities.
Making ammonia and ammonia nitrate fertiliser is a hugely energy-hungry and water-intensive process, with 1 kg of hydrogen alone requiring as much as 45 litres for production and plant cooling, all at about 3.5 kw per litre. It is also a highly toxic substance that could cause major damage to marine life if spilled.
There is much more to life in Namibia than just money.
Oho ok😂
Advice from an EU citizen: take EU money, but don't believe a word they are saying 😂
Too late 😂😂😂😂