Namibia's Net Zero Village- Daures Green Hydrogen Village

Eliphas Sheepo sent to the port of Walvis Bay through gas pipelines and combined with nitrogen to produce liquid ammonia that will be traded withintheregionandeventuallyEurope. Another highlight is the climate controlled greenhouses that will be powered by fuel cells using this locally produced hydrogen and ammonia. Estimated to produce up 500 -600 tons of Africa's first carbon free “green” TomatoesandCarrots.

TheofficialgroundbreakingoftheDauresGreenHydrogenVillage(DGHV),took placeon27MarchintheDauresConstituencyandmarksagreatadvancetowards Namibia'sgreenhydrogenagenda.

ChiefexecutiveofficeroftheDGHV,andsoonto be Africa's first net zero village, Jerome Namaseb confirmed that the project as per signingofcontractwithSouthernAfricaScience ServiceCentreforClimateChangeandAdaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) was calculated at N$220 million, fully funded by Germany's FederalMinistryofEducationandResearchand this is only in phase one, pending feasibility studiesforphasestwotothree.

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“Formsofthisprojectwillbegoingliveoverthe next12months,agriculturewillcertainlybethe first part most likely in October this year, we anticipateproducinghydrogenbetheendofthe firstquarter2024.”

Green hydrogen will be produced by using energy generated from the wind turbines and solar panels to break apart water molecules (H₂ O) into hydrogen and oxygen through a process calledelectrolysis.Initsfirstphasetheprojectis sourcing water from commercial boreholes dug aroundthecommunity ButGreenHydrogenCommissionerofNamibia

James Mnyupe envisions that as the project grows through phase two to four could actually start drawing water from the desalination plant further down in the Erongo region near Swakopmund. In these phases hydrogen will be

Namaseb also emphasized how community oriented this project is, employing over 100 Namibians during construction and 50 as permanent. “We will also be establish 12 communitygardensthatwillcreatesustainable jobsandfoodsecuritytoover1000peopleinthe conservancy

In his speech Daure Daman Traditional Authority Chief Z Seiseb outlined how the weatherconditionsinthisareaareperfectfora project such as this, stating; “This wind will sometimesblowsomuchsothatyouwillnotbe abletoseesomeonethatisnexttoyou.”Which wasanallegoryforhismainmessageofhowhe hopes that this project, unlike the countless previous projects which only left them with emptypromises,helpsthecommunitymembers benefit from what they for quite long saw as a disadvantage.