Ramaphosa: SA exploring white hydrogen in three provinces
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country is exploring the possibility of extracting white hydrogen in several provinces.
White hydrogen is naturally occurring hydrogen found underground, potentially formed through mineral and water reactions beneath the Earth's surface.
It's a carbon-free energy source that may offer a pathway to clean energy solutions.
Speaking at the inaugural Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town, Ramaphosa said the hydrogen economy is urgent for the African continent.
“Early commercial exploration for naturally-occurring ‘white’ hydrogen is underway in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng.”
The president said that if white hydrogen is proven to be available and commercially extractable, it will provide a further source of clean energy.
Ramaphosa said Africa has long carried the burden of climate change.
“We have witnessed deadly heatwaves, heavy rains, tropical cyclones and prolonged droughts.”
“These events underscore our shared vulnerability, but also our shared responsibility to act, to adapt, and to do so in a way that leaves no one behind. “
Ramaphosa said he will on Friday make his way to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape following a flooding tragedy that has now claimed the lives of 59 people.
A winter storm that brought snow and heavy rain led to raging floods affecting 58 schools across the province, as confirmed by Eastern Cape Education MEC Fundile Gade.
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