Namibia's Strategy

Mr. James Munyupe, Presidential Economic Advisor and Hydrogen Commissioner

Conducive environment created

Mr. Mnyupe in his roles of Presidential Economic Adviser and Green Hydrogen Commissioner, introduced the Conference to the current landscape and vision. With this, he laid out the pathway for Namibia to be a part of meeting the energy transition. This was even more potent in the face of Europe having energy shortages and Namibia relying on its neighbours. Shaping of a Namibian synthetic fuels strategy was in the works.

In a contract with the Namibian government, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing funding for the identification of suitable sites for green hydrogen production. It is being realised through a 40 million Euros Grant of which 30 million Euros are assigned through investment into research at university levels and the implementation of pilot projects in Namibia.

The Four (4) pilot projects focussed on the Erongo region of Namibia are:

1)Dâures project (agriculture),

2)TransNamib project (logistics)

3)Namport applications (logistics)

4)Cleanergy project (refuelling)