Green hydrogen promising potential if projects get permits in a row

As the world moves along the path to a zero-carbon future – several countries are developing green hydrogen road maps to support decarbonisation of their economies by 2030, with many major corporates committing to carbon neutrality by 2030 or 2040. Synthetic fuels and chemicals company Sasol said it is in a position to be able to produce green hydrogen within the next 24 months. Green hydrogen requires cheap renewables and South Africa has an abundance of wind and solar resources. This makes green hydrogen an attractive option to transform the South African economy. However, there are some technological, legal and regulatory permitting challenges to practically implementing projects on the ground. Michael Avery spoke to Stuart Heather-Clark, the Power Sector Lead for SLR Africa; Mark van Antwerp, Vice President of Generation Sales at Siemens Energy. Siemens Energy is helping Africa Energise Society; & Gill Niven, Partner within the Projects team at Webber Wentzel specialising in environmental law within the energy, mining, oil & gas and industrial sectors, to talk about some of the challenges in getting green hydrogen projects off the ground.