The Daures Green Hydrogen Village and Delft Offshore Turbine (DOT) have signed a letter of intent to deploy a DOT turbine at the Daures Green Hydrogen Village.
According to DOT, the turbine is unique in that it can provide pressurized clean water and generate energy.
The Mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in South Africa, Joanne Doornewaard, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Namibia in Belgium, Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus, witnessed the signing.
The Daures Green Hydrogen Village is the largest constituency in the Erongo Region in Namibia, with a population of approximately 11,350 people, also known as a modern carbon-free estate.
The project’s CEO, Jerome Namaseb, said Daures is a groundbreaking project aimed at producing green hydrogen and ammonia. The project is anticipated to produce nearly a third of Namibia’s fertilizer during its first phase.
The project was initiated with a grant of N$220 million from the German government. It is being implemented in phases, with the first phase focusing on research and development, while phases two, three, and four will scale up production for international markets.
While ammonia fertilizer production is envisioned to begin in the second half of phase one, starting from June 2024 to 2027, it is during phase two that ammonia fertilizer will be exported to international markets.
The project is expected to produce 18 tonnes of green hydrogen and 100 tonnes of green ammonia per year.
