Algeria aims to supply Europe with 10% of its clean hydrogen needs by 2040 in new national H2 roadmap
North African nation will produce both green and blue hydrogen, which it might pump to Italy via pipeline
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The North African nation, which has the tenth-largest proven natural gas reserves globally, plans to produce both blue hydrogen, derived from fossil gas with carbon capture and storage, and green H2 made from solar and wind power.
Part of the strategy includes securing foreign financing and grants, as well as international strategic partnerships.
It also states that the price of producing renewable energy in Algeria needs to fall, along with the cost of electrolysers, while the local electricity grid would have to be strengthened.
Strategic objectives within the Algerian national hydrogen roadmap include:
- Accelerating the country’s energy transition and reducing its carbon footprint;
- Reducing the domestic consumption of fossil gas;
- Creating an ecosystem for clean hydrogen development, including “industrial integration”;
- Establishing new centres of excellence for research, development and training;
- The gradual establishment of a national economy of hydrogen and its derivatives, namely ammonia, methanol and synthetic fuels, particularly for the iron and steel industry;
- The establishment of a hydrogen production and export centre.
“Introducing this strategy and disseminating it on a large scale will give all parties, whether national or international, a clear and accurate vision of Algeria's ambition and goals in the field of hydrogen production and development as an essential ally for the energy transition,” said the country’s commissioner for renewable energies and energy efficiency, Noureddine Yassaa.
“This would open new horizons in terms of attracting the interest of investors and forming strong partnerships on the process of reviving the hydrogen sector in our country, on the one hand, and on the other hand, it would allow all national actors to participate in creating an economic dynamic around the hydrogen sector, and build a fabric of small, medium and emerging enterprises.”
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