Amid load-shedding, and a reliance on diesel-fired, open-cycle gas turbine power stations being economically unviable, South Africa’s efforts to build a green hydrogen economy should be accelerated, says National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) president Mdu Mlaba. Green hydrogen does not produce any greenhouse-gas emissions and is expected to replace natural gas on a large scale in about 15 years’ time as the technology advances and becomes more cost effective.
