Hydrogen can revolutionise SA and transform it into an exporter of green energy
Coherent government policy will ensure exports of hydrogen-enabled chemicals, fuels and products to Europe and Asia
All over the world interest in hydrogen as a vector for clean energy is growing as industries and governments investigate and implement national decarbonisation strategies. With the rapidly falling costs of wind and solar power, the opportunity to produce zero-carbon hydrogen has caught the attention of global energy players. With the world increasingly turning towards countries that have optimal renewable energy resources to provide the clean energy of the future, SA is in an extraordinary position to revolutionise its own economy.
These are some of the highlights from PwC SA’s inaugural “Unlocking SA’s Hydrogen Potential” report released earlier in the week, which concluded that as the world becomes more reliant on renewables as its primary source of energy, hydrogen offers an unparallelled solution for the transport, storage and efficient utilisation of clean energy...
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