South Africa’s green hydrogen ‘first mover’ opportunity based on three structural advantages

South Africa has three favourable structural characteristics that potentially give it a “first mover advantage” to become a global green-hydrogen leader, Sasol CEO Fleetwood Grobler argued in his address during a ‘Hydrogen Economy Discussion’ facilitated by well-known mining personality Bernard Swanepoel. The first advantage relates to South Africa’s and Southern Africa’s large-scale, high-quality renewable-energy potential.