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The development of green hydrogen in South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Pandarum, Aradhna
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-25T13:14:28Z
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dc.date.issued 2023-10
dc.identifier.citation Pandarum, A. 2023. The development of green hydrogen in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13532 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13532
dc.description.abstract South Africa is the 12th largest global emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. As part of global initiatives to reduce emissions, the country also pledged alliance to this common goal via the conference of parties. Strict net-zero targets have been set globally and locally, however; it has been realized that decarbonizing the energy sector will not be sufficient to reach these targets (approximately 46% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emanate from the electricity sector in South Africa). This brings about the need to evaluate other sectors, also known as the hard-to-abate sectors, for decarbonization. It has been realized that hydrogen is currently used in some of these hard-to-abate sectors and the conversion of this to green hydrogen may contribute in significant GHG emission reduction and may further assist the globe in realizing these strict net-zero targets for 2050. Furthermore, this scenario is exacerbated by the geopolitics created by the Russia-Ukraine war. South Africa has been identified as a potential global exporter of green hydrogen and its derivatives due to our solar and wind resource potential, abundance of land availability, good resource for platinum group metals (used as catalyst for electrolysers and fuel cell manufacturing) and use and development of Fischer tropsch technology which is used for synthetic fuels. This paper discusses the concept of green hydrogen and potential market avenues, national developments that have been made for green hydrogen, considerations for the electrical grid and considerations for a just transition in the country. en_US
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dc.relation.uri https://www.cigresa-events.co.za/cigre_2023_regional_conference/pdfs/Full-Programme-Draft.pdf?load=2197 en_US
dc.source 11th CIGRE Southern Africa Regional Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 24-27 October 2023 en_US
dc.subject Decarbonisation en_US
dc.subject Green hydrogen en_US
dc.subject Just energy transition en_US
dc.subject Value chains en_US
dc.title The development of green hydrogen in South Africa en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.description.pages 11 en_US
dc.description.note Paper presented at the 11th CIGRE Southern Africa Regional Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 24-27 October 2023 en_US
dc.description.cluster Smart Places en_US
dc.description.impactarea Energy Industry en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Pandarum, A. (2023). The development of green hydrogen in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13532 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Pandarum, Aradhna. "The development of green hydrogen in South Africa." <i>11th CIGRE Southern Africa Regional Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 24-27 October 2023</i> (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13532 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Pandarum A, The development of green hydrogen in South Africa; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13532 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Pandarum, Aradhna AB - South Africa is the 12th largest global emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. As part of global initiatives to reduce emissions, the country also pledged alliance to this common goal via the conference of parties. Strict net-zero targets have been set globally and locally, however; it has been realized that decarbonizing the energy sector will not be sufficient to reach these targets (approximately 46% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emanate from the electricity sector in South Africa). This brings about the need to evaluate other sectors, also known as the hard-to-abate sectors, for decarbonization. It has been realized that hydrogen is currently used in some of these hard-to-abate sectors and the conversion of this to green hydrogen may contribute in significant GHG emission reduction and may further assist the globe in realizing these strict net-zero targets for 2050. Furthermore, this scenario is exacerbated by the geopolitics created by the Russia-Ukraine war. South Africa has been identified as a potential global exporter of green hydrogen and its derivatives due to our solar and wind resource potential, abundance of land availability, good resource for platinum group metals (used as catalyst for electrolysers and fuel cell manufacturing) and use and development of Fischer tropsch technology which is used for synthetic fuels. This paper discusses the concept of green hydrogen and potential market avenues, national developments that have been made for green hydrogen, considerations for the electrical grid and considerations for a just transition in the country. DA - 2023-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - 11th CIGRE Southern Africa Regional Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 24-27 October 2023 KW - Decarbonisation KW - Green hydrogen KW - Just energy transition KW - Value chains LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2023 T1 - The development of green hydrogen in South Africa TI - The development of green hydrogen in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13532 ER - en_ZA
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