IEA lists South Africa as possible hub for production of ‘green’ hydrogen-rich chemicals, fuels

A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report lists South Africa, together with a handful of other territories, as having the potential to tap its abundant solar and wind resources to produce “green” hydrogen-rich chemicals and fuels, such as ammonia and methanol. The insight paper, titled ‘Renewable Energy for Industry’, acknowledges that reducing long-term greenhouse gas emissions from industries such as cement, steel and chemicals will be “one of the toughest challenges of the energy transition”.