AFRICA EVENT REPORT POD 4: GREEN HYDROGEN AND MINING
SUPPORTING GREEN HYDROGEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINES
industries; and the greening of the power sector and buildings. The Roadmap also plans to create an Rebecca Maserumule, Chief Director: export market for green hydrogen and green ammonia, as well as set Hydrogen and Energy, South Africa’s Department of Science and up manufacturing capabilities for hydrogen products and components. Innovation The Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa, has created a Hydrogen Society Roadmap that seeks to achieve six high-level outcomes to create an inclusive, sustainable and competitive hydrogen economy by 2050. These include the decarbonisation of the transportation sector; decarbonisation of energy-intensive ~ 50 ~
The actions relevant to the mining industry and proposed in the Roadmap include the classification of hydrogen as a transport fuel, and the development of a regulatory framework to support zero-emission transport across road, rail, and shipping. Maserumule observes this could be useful for mining companies in the context of Scope 2 emissions when they
