April 25 (Renewables Now) – Abu Dhabi’s renewable vitality firm Masdar and its Cairo-based companion Hassan Allam Utilities, which invests in energy and water infrastructure, have secured Egypt’s help to develop inexperienced hydrogen hubs on the Purple Sea and the Mediterranean coasts of the nation, focusing on as much as 4 GW of electrolysers by 2030.
The companions signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the New and Renewable Power Authority (NREA), the Egyptian Electrical energy Transmission Firm (EETC), The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, and The Basic Authority for Suez Canal Financial Zone (SCZONE) to cooperate on the mission improvement, Masdar introduced on Sunday.
Masdar and Hassan Allam Utilities count on to develop the mission in levels. Within the first section, they plan to construct a inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing plant to supply 100,000 tonnes of e-methanol per yr for bunkering within the Suez Canal. That plant can be operational by 2026. Within the following levels, the electrolysis capability within the Suez Canal Financial Zone and on the Mediterranean could possibly be expanded to as much as 4 GW by 2030 to supply 2.3 million tonnes of inexperienced ammonia for exports, and to provide inexperienced hydrogen to native industries.
In addition to boasting a wealth of wind and photo voltaic vitality assets, Egypt can also be positioned near markets the place demand for inexperienced hydrogen is anticipated to develop essentially the most, Masdar highlighted. The MoUs additional strengthen the ties between the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, and symbolize a step ahead within the improvement of the inexperienced hydrogen financial system for each international locations, the Abu Dhabi firm added.
The most recent agreements come as the federal government of Egypt prepares to revise its 2030 renewable vitality technique to incorporate inexperienced hydrogen. The nation’s inexperienced hydrogen technique is presently in improvement and is anticipated to be launched by October 2022, in accordance with Masdar.
