South Africa Forms Hydrogen Pact With Germany to Grow Market
- Nations will create task force to explore opportunities
- Group will also examine available funding mechanisms
Cyril Ramaphosa and Olaf Scholz in June 2022 at Elmau Castle in Germany.
Photographer: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty ImagesSouth Africa and Germany signed an agreement to create a task force that will help Africa’s most industrialized nation create projects that are able to meet international demand for green hydrogen.
The joint declaration of intent signed virtually on Tuesday by Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Robert Habeck, German vice chancellor and minister of economic affairs and climate action, will assist to drive the commercial viability of green hydrogen projects and infrastructure in both nations, the Ministry of Electricity said in a statement.