The results of the green hydrogen atlas for Southern Africa, now readily available online, show enormous potential green hydrogen production throughout the region, the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (Sasscal) said on Monday.

A joint initiative of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Germany, Sasscal has collaborated with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency as a technical implementing partner.

The results of the H2Atlas-Africa project, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, are presented in the form of an interactive atlas, which shows ‘locations of

interest’ in Southern African countries.

The interactive atlas is seen as the first sciencebased decision support tool for the development of green hydrogen pilot plants, with contributions from 60 scientists, 16 modellers and a 12-member regional technical committee team.

It can be accessed via https://africa.h2atlas.de/. and provides information on different resources for green hydrogen production. These include ground and surface water resources, land availability, solar and wind renewable energy resources, as well as levelised cost of hydrogen production and other key indicators such as social circumstances policy framework, and export, transport and energy regulations.

Uptake will enable the region to participate in the global Just Energy Transition to a green economy along the entire value chain of hydrogen production, without leaving anyone behind.