Stakeholders in Nigeria’s energy sector gathered in Abuja on Tuesday to discuss ways to improve the country’s energy transition strategy while increasing the availability of green hydrogen.
The workshop on the Nigerian Perspective of a Hydrogen Partnership with Germany was organized by the German Government, the African Network for Solar Energy, and Renewable Energy and Energy Sufficiency Association (REEEA).
Hydrogen is climate-friendly if it is created using renewable energy sources and this is because it can be stored for a long time and transported over great distances.
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According to Ms Gina Lagunes, Head of the German-Nigeria Hydrogen Office, the German government is working with the Nigerian government, the public and private sectors, as well as academia, to create an enabling framework for hydrogen.
She said that one of the accomplishments of the German government was that it was close to finishing research on the policy regulation framework for hydrogen in Nigeria, which would encompass energy development.
“We are carrying out hydrogen potential for the country and we are working also on establishing a working group on the development of national hydrogen strategy, ’’she said.
On his part, Prof. Daniel Egbe, president of the African Network for Solar Energy, stated that Germany and Nigeria already have a relationship in the field of green hydrogen adding that the workshop was also organized to get Nigerians’ thoughts as requested by the German parliament.
He further stated that the goal of the workshop is to equally develop recommendations for actions for international green hydrogen partnership.
Also speaking, Prof. Magnus Onuoha, National Vice Chairman of the REEEA said that Green hydrogen is a cutting-edge technology that will be essential to Nigeria’s energy transformation and that the goal of the workshop was to increase capacity and inform participants about the collaboration between Germany and Nigeria in order to encourage involvement.
Story was adapted from NAN.
