Egypt is planning for three green hydrogen projects with a total capacity of 300 MW. All the three projects will be of 100 MW capacity according to Undersecretary Ahmed Mahiena.

The deals went to  Germany’s Siemens, the Belgian DEME Group and the Itay’s Eni.

Egypt is also planning to invest around $4 billion to generate green hydrogen through the process of electrolysis as per Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker.

The Ministry is also planning to desalinate seawater with the help of renewable energy instead of using diesel. Before 2014, the country has a 25% electricity deficit and it has a surplus due to the use of renewable energy.