Is it working?

No, the project is not online yet, but actions such as a strategic environmental assessment have been initiated .

Actions

The Boegoebaai hydrogen project has been classified as the strategic integrated project.
The pre-feasibility study by Sasol is complete and subsequently appointed Mizuho International as a financial advisor to find partners to co-invest and complete further studies into the project.
A strategic environmental assessment has been initiated and led by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for the project.
A draft master plan has been developed with initial engagements with various stakeholders under way.
A financial adviser has been appointed to assist Sasol in a search for potential investors in a green hydrogen and ammonia export hub at Boegoebaai, in the Northern Cape, following the completion of a pre-feasibility study into the site’s potential.

Are there plans?

The National Development Plan 2030 classified the Boegoebaai development as a strategic integrated project and an industrial development project.
Transnet National Ports Authority is also working toward developing port and rail infrastructure at Boegoebaai.
A number of agreements have been signed in support of the project: - Memorandum of agreement (MoA) between the Northern Cape and Sasol to be an anchor developer of the planned Boegoebaai Green Hydrogen Special Economic Zone.
- MoA between the Northern Cape and the Port of Rotterdam (POR) for the POR to act as a demand aggregator for green hydrogen into Europe.
- MoA between Gauteng and Sasol - the company is to develop green hydrogen facilities in the province.

Is it on the agenda?

Forms part of the industrial development project and a strategic integrated project in the National Development Plan 2030.

Goals

To have Boegoebaai as a pilot green hydrogen production plant.

References

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Departments / Govt Institutions

Department of Electricity and Energy