Green hydrogen is Egypt's path towards achieving sustainable development

Green hydrogen is Egypt’s path towards achieving sustainable development

In the past years, the interest of Earth Guards in everything related to green hydrogen has been - and still is - intense. It has closely followed this topic more than once through its various platforms, where it explained the extent of its importance and the opportunity it presents to Egypt and the whole world to shift all sectors towards clean and renewable energy concepts.

Then the year 2022 came to be the most important starting point in promoting the use of green hydrogen in Egyptian industries, asCOP27 sent a message to the whole world to stimulate green hydrogen markets, especially on the regional scale; Africa scope. Regarding this, you can read the article “Green Hydrogen is the Future of Africa”.

Therefore - and in confirmation of all Egyptian endeavors at the regional and international levels - Egypt established the National Council for Green Hydrogen, as an incentive for industry in Egypt, and a positive driver for its economy towards further growth.

In the past two years, Egypt has developed a clear strategy to promote the uses of green hydrogen in all fields. Today, Egypt confirms its past efforts in this regard, and is moving forward towards more effective efforts towards implementing green hydrogen projects.

Concerning this, Engineer Karim Badawi - Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources - confirmed the extent of the Egyptian state’s interest in supporting green hydrogen projects, and that it has a road map that reflects the extent of its seriousness in cooperating with international companies. In order to successfully implement all these endeavors. These international partnerships will attract more investments and localize technology industries related to this field. The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources also pointed out that Egypt has many capabilities that could qualify it to become an international market that can export hydrogen to Europe and the whole world.

This came while he received a delegation of heads and representatives of international companies, including: Jean-Luc Maurang, “Member of the Board of Directors of the John Cockerill Group,” Engineer Mohamed Amer, “Vice President of the Norwegian SCATEC Company for the Middle East and North Africa Region,” Engineer Sherif Bayoumi, “Executive Director of Schlumberger for Egypt, Sudan, and the Eastern Mediterranean,” and Francesco Cammarata, “Regional President of the Italian Technip Company for the Middle East and North Africa Region.” And Damian Airey, President of Reilly.

At this meeting, the heads of these companies were interested in reviewing an effective partnership between them and the Egyptian petroleum sector. To cooperate on implementing a project to produce green ammonia from green hydrogen. This is where Engineer Karim Badawi welcomed this global partnership, stressing that it is a partnership that is in the interest of the investment climate in Egypt. Based on the many features it possesses, and as a gateway to the entire region.

In the same context, the Minister drew attention to the fact that important opportunities are looming on the horizon, which are opportunities through which we can maximize value-added industries, as well as petrochemical production, and that work is now underway in full swing to intensify research and exploration operations and increase production. In order to provide a surplus for such important strategic projects.

For all this, representatives of these international companies confirmed that the European Union is Egypt’s strategic partner in the field of green energy and hydrogen, expressing their positive expectations regarding the implementation of many green projects in Egypt, and benefiting from the enormous potential of the Egyptian investment environment.

In the first step of the project, John Cockrell Company presented a presentation at this meeting, and the presentation explained the role of each company in implementing this project to be held in Damietta Governorate, while also clarifying its role in some other similar projects, which are being implemented in other countries.

It is worth noting that the green ammonia production project - based on green hydrogen - is scheduled to be sponsored by MOPCO with financing facilities and an investment cost of more than $900 million. The project will include the establishment of two stations; One for producing solar energy, and another for producing wind energy, in addition to a green hydrogen electrolyzer, which will be produced based on electrolysis technology and using renewable energy. To produce 150 thousand tons - annually - of green ammonia, which will be used as a clean fuel.

In summary, Egypt is still on its green path towards achieving more regional and global ambitions in the field of new and renewable energy, which reflects - positively - on the axes of its development strategies, and in a way that achieves the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that see clean energy as a path to a more sustainable world.