Name of the Project
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy.

Location
Tsau //Khaeb National Park, near Luderitz, in Namibia.

Project Owner/s
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has been appointed as the preferred bidder to develop the project. It will operate the project for a 40-year period, following the conclusion of the feasibility study and sign-off from the Namibian government.

Hyphen is a joint venture between Nicholas Holdings, a strategic investment and infrastructure project developer, and Enertrag South Africa.

Project Description
The development of Namibia’s first large-scale, vertically integrated green hydrogen project will be completed in phases.

Phase 1 will create 2 GW of renewable electricity generation capacity to produce green hydrogen for conversion into green ammonia. This phase aims to produce 125 000 t/y of green hydrogen, to be further processed into 700 000 t/y of green ammonia for export to Europe.

After Phase 2, the Hyphen project will possess solar and wind electricity generation capacity of nearly 6 GW and 3 GW of electrolysis, which will yield about 300 000 t/y of hydrogen, which translates into 1.7-million tons of green ammonia.

The project is expected to displace five- to six-million tonnes a year of carbon dioxide emissions.

Potential Job Creation
About 15 000 direct jobs will be created during the four-year construction of both phases, with a further 3 000 permanent jobs to be created during the operational phase. More than 90% of these jobs are expected to be filled by Namibians.

Capital Expenditure
$9.4-billion. The first phase of the project will cost about $4.4-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
Following the conclusion of the necessary contractual arrangements with government, Hyphen will complete all the necessary feasibility, engineering and permitting processes to enable construction to start in January 2025, with commissioning of the first phase expected by the end of 2026.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Hyphen Energy, email info@hyphenafrica.com