Kenya Green Hydrogen Plant will be built by HDF Energy (Hydrogène de France) which is a large scale developer of large scale green hydrogen infrastructure and producer of high-power fuel cells, made an announcement just previously on the commencement of development studies of the next step on the path to install the very first hydrogen power plant in the Republic of Kenya. The green hydrogen power plant that will be constructed in Kenya will be situated in the coastal region of the country. HDF Energy stated that the usual period of setting up such a project is usually 4 years; 2 years of development and 2 years of construction.
The project by HDF which is ready for deployment will boost the vision of the country of attaining a green hydrogen economy when completed. Localizing this innovative power will also facilitate the development of local skills that will provide support to the emerging hydrogen industries in the economy of the country. Other countries that HDF Energy is currently advancing hydrogen projects are Zimbabwe, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa and DRC. The global footprint of the company spans across 30 countries in the globe.
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Kenya Green Hydrogen Plant Capacity and Cost
The Kenya Green Hydrogen Plant that will be the first of its kind in the country and is set to possess a capacity of 180 Megawatts of solar PV and also installed in the plant will be a long-term hydrogen based storage with a capacity of 500 MWh. The investment is foreseen to cost around $500 million.
The project by HDF which is ready for deployment will boost the vision of the country of attaining a green hydrogen economy when completed. Localizing this innovative power will also facilitate the development of local skills that will provide support to the emerging hydrogen industries in the economy of the country. Other countries that HDF Energy is currently advancing hydrogen projects are Zimbabwe, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa and DRC. The global footprint of the company spans across 30 countries in the globe.
The Kenya Green Hydrogen Plant is designed to produce baseload power and also contains the essential stabilizing services for the grid, in the areas where either geothermal or hydrogen power will not be available. The plant works by harnessing the energy from the sun through a solar park for the wind energy through a wind farm, to produce and store the green hydrogen via the process of water electrolysis and converting it to electric energy using the multi-megawatt fuel cells from HDF Energy.
