“We are seeing many North African countries, such as Morocco or Egypt, taking up the issue of hydrogen, and announcing ‘hydrogen strategies’ there just a few years after the EU and the United States,” Dougette explained. AFP.
“Morocco has very strong potential for wind power that is often overlooked, and a huge potential for solar power, and Egypt has the means to become a leading exporter of hydrogen to Europe in 2050 thanks to an existing natural gas pipeline is” that can be adapted to transport hydrogen, he said.
According to the report, Saudi Arabia also benefits from sunbathing and available land, with the potential to produce 39 million tonnes of low-cost green hydrogen in 2050 – four times its domestic demand – which could move its economy away from petroleum. Will help in diversifying.
The report predicts that investment for carbon capture and storage as a solution to methane-based hydrogen emissions will end by 2040, which is the current level in the oil-rich Gulf states as well as the United States, Norway and Canada. strategy.
Hydrogen produced in this way is not labeled green, but “blue”.