Angola’s state-owned oil and gas company Sonangol plans to make a final investment decision (FID) on the country’s first green hydrogen project in 2025.
CWP Global joined Angolan and German players in the project last month. The initiative, which will begin in 2027 with a first phase of up to 400,000 tonnes of green ammonia per year, has the potential to scale up.
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Speaking at the Africa Energy Week, Vladimir Machado, R&D CEO of Sonangol earmarked the FID for 2025, reiterating the potential that Angola has in the green hydrogen market.
“Due to its existing energy infrastructure, such as refineries, ports and other projects like the Lobito Corridor, Angola has the potential to become a large green hydrogen exporter,” he said.
“Between 2030 and 2050, the annual expected growth in demand for green hydrogen will be between five and 30 million tonnes per year.”
Machado expects that the green molecule will support the decarbonisation of hard-to-electrify sectors, such as steel aviation and textiles.
“Africa will have opportunities to dominate the value chain of green hydrogen,” the CEO added.
German engineering firms Conjuncta and Gauff are also developing the 600MW project alongside CWP and Sonangol. The partners intend to use power generation, port and grid infrastructure, and available land for downstream facilities.
Mike Scholey, CWP’s CEO for Hydrogen, previously said, “We plan to supply vital green hydrogen and ammonia to the world, helping to meet critical gateways for industrial decarbonisation strategies and targets in Europe and elsewhere.”
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