据管道新闻网5月30日消息称，Hyphen氢能源公司已与纳米比亚政府就一项价值100亿美元的绿色氢项目的下一阶段达成协议，该项目完成后产出的氢将出口到欧洲。

Hyphen的股东包括总部位于德国的Enertrag公司，该公司于2021年被宣布为纳米布沙漠Tsau Khaeb国家公园项目的优先投标人。

“周五……我们启动了一个有可能改变我们国家、该地区乃至世界许多人生活的进程。”纳米比亚政府在一份声明中说。

该工厂将分阶段建设，预计在2030年之前达到预期产量，最终将每年为区域和全球市场生产200万吨绿色氨。

绿色氢是使用可再生能源制造的。

纳米比亚是世界上阳光最充足、人口最稀少的国家之一，该国希望利用其太阳能和风能的潜力来生产绿色氢，并将自己定位为非洲的可再生能源中心。

但分析师表示，这个距离主要出口市场相对较远的缺水国家是否能够在新兴的全球氢行业提供具有成本竞争力的产品，仍有待观察。

Hyphen表示，过去一年，该公司已与一些潜在的欧洲客户签署了谅解备忘录，目标是每年向这些客户供应约75万吨绿色氨。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

原文如下：

Hyphen and Namibia Agree Next Phase of $10 Billion Green Hydrogen Project

Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has agreed a deal with the government of Namibia for the next phase of a $10 billion green hydrogen project that will export to Europe once complete, the two parties said on Wednesday.

Hyphen, whose shareholders include Germany-headquartered Enertrag, was announced as the preferred bidder in 2021 for the project in the Namib Desert's Tsau Khaeb National Park.

"On Friday... we kick-start a process that has the potential to transform the lives of many in our country, the region and indeed the world," Namibia's President Hage Geingob said in a statement.

The plant, to be built in phases, will eventually produce 2 million tonnes of green ammonia a year for regional and global markets when it reaches full-scale output, which is anticipated before 2030.

Green hydrogen is made using renewable energy.

Namibia, one of the world's sunniest and most sparsely populated countries, wants to harness its potential for solar and wind energy to produce green hydrogen and position itself as a renewable energy hub in Africa.

But it remains to be seen whether the water-scarce country, relatively far away from key export markets, will be able to deliver a cost competitive product in an emerging global hydrogen sector, said analysts.

Over the past year, Hyphen has signed memoranda of understanding with a number of potential European customers, to which it aims to supply about 750,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually, it said.