Sasol has announced a broader approach to its green hydrogen ambitions in South Africa, shifting from a single-project focus to a province-wide development strategy across the Northern Cape.
The company said it has completed a pre-feasibility study for the Boegoebaai green hydrogen and ammonia export project, with the assessment confirming the project’s strong technical and economic potential.
Despite the positive outcome, Sasol indicated that it is refining its strategy to develop an integrated green hydrogen ecosystem spanning multiple locations across the Northern Cape rather than concentrating solely on the Boegoebaai project.
Under the new approach, Boegoebaai will remain a key component of Sasol’s portfolio and could serve as an anchor project within a broader green hydrogen corridor that includes a proposed deep-water port and Special Economic Zone.
According to the company, the revised strategy reflects the vast scale of the opportunity and the need to address critical enabling factors such as land availability, transmission infrastructure, grid capacity, logistics systems, and market development.
Sasol said it will continue collaborating with government and other stakeholders to support the development of essential infrastructure required to unlock large-scale hydrogen production and exports.
The company noted that expanding renewable energy generation capacity during the current decade is crucial to achieving competitive green hydrogen production in the 2030s.
As a result, Sasol considers the accelerated deployment of large-scale solar and wind projects essential for supporting future hydrogen production, strengthening industrial demand, and maintaining long-term competitiveness in low-carbon fuel markets.
The company further emphasized that the successful development of a large-scale hydrogen industry will require collaboration among multiple public and private sector partners, with Sasol increasingly positioning itself as a catalyst and integrator within the emerging green hydrogen ecosystem.