Name of the Project
HySHiFT renewable hydrogen project.

Location
Secunda, in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Project Owner/s
HySHiFT Consortium, comprising Linde, Sasol, ENERTRAG and HydRegen Energy.

Project Description
The HySHiFT project is one of nine green hydrogen projects registered with Infrastructure South Africa and is included in an updated list of Strategic Integrated Projects, published on December 6, 2022, in line with the Infrastructure Development Act. The project aims to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), or e-kerosene.

The consortium plans to build a 200 MW electrolyser and 450 MW of renewable electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, and to use the green hydrogen in Sasol’s existing Fischer Tropsch facilities to produce 50 000 t/d of power-to-liquid, or PTL, kerosene. This could fuel two flights between Germany and South Africa a day.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
The German Economic Affairs and Climate Action Ministry is providing €15-million in funding for the first phase of the project, during which a 40 MW electrolyser will be built.

Planned Start/End Date
Not stated.

Latest Developments
Sasol’s HySHiFT joint venture has been short-listed to bid for an offtake agreement under Germany’s H2Global platform.

Through H2Global, long-term purchase agreements are extended to projects outside of Germany that offer competitively priced green-hydrogen derivatives, such as ammonia, methanol and SAF. The products are then sold, under short-term contracts, to European consumers, with public funding used to compensate for any difference in pricing.

The bid should be submitted before the end of 2023.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
ENERTRAG, email enertrag@enertrag.co.za.
Linde, email hydrogen@linde.com.
Sasol senior manager: group media relations and external communication Alex Anderson, tel +27 71 600 9605 or email alex.anderson@sasol.com.