On the last day of the UN’s COP26 conference on climate change in Glasgow, where a lot has been discussed, declared, and decided about curbing the freight industry’s carbon footprint, it comes as welcome news that the Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) is blazing a green trail.
According to an announcement in October’s Quayside Bulletin, the MoU will see Namibia positioning itself as a hub for the production and distribution of green hydrogen.
Says the Bulletin: “This is premised on the fact that Namibia is amongst the top three countries on earth that have the world’s best wind and solar resources which are used to produce green hydrogen, and has great expanses of open land that are suitable for hosting green hydrogen plants.”
On the Dutch side of things, the Bulletin says: “The Netherlands is at an advanced stage of planning for the deployment of green hydrogen energy and the Port of Rotterdam anticipates a demand of 20 million tonnes of hydrogen per annum to pass through its port’s industrial complex by the year 2050.
“The Port of Rotterdam has taken the lead in the transition to renewable energy and has developed an ambitious hydrogen master plan to become the major hydrogen import hub to supply northwest Europe with renewable energy, as part of the decarbonisation of the European economy.”
Namport CEO Andrew Kanime said it was impressive how the Namibia government had been driving the green hydrogen industry.
“Namport welcomes the government’s decision to award concessions to green hydrogen developers as it enables us to strike the iron while hot, thereby promptly positioning Namibia as a global player in this developing multimillion-dollar industry.”
