The Tunisian Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines launched the Green Hydrogen for Sustainable Development and Carbon Neutral Economy project with the support of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.

“The project, which is Tunisia’s first green hydrogen commitment, aims to develop an appropriate framework for a renewable energy value chain and helps produce green hydrogen and its derivatives in the country,” the ministry said in a statement. statement.

Green hydrogen can be produced by using electrical energy derived from renewable energy sources such as: wind power, solar power and hydropower, which is a process of splitting water into “hydrogen and oxygen”, and thus it is produced with a carbon-free technology. and from any air pollutants.

One of the advantages of green hydrogen is that it does not contain greenhouse gases, making it a completely clean energy that can help Tunisia achieve its carbon neutrality goals, and it can be easily stored and distributed on demand, which is a catalyst for export.

In the medium term, Tunisia could benefit from this clean energy to produce agricultural fertilizers without resorting to supplying “ammonia”, which is made from natural gas or other fossil fuels, and replacing it with green ammonia.

Tunisia proposed to cut its carbon intensity by 45 percent by 2030, down from 41 percent, during its participation in the UK-Italy-hosted Glasgow Climate Change Summit (COP26) in the Scottish city of Glasgow last year. reduction will be concentrated The energy sector, which accounts for 75 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, must contribute to carbon intensity. Tunisia has identified its financial resource needs of around $20 billion to meet its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 41 percent and adapt to climate change.