Egypt and Libya look to partner on renewables + green hydrogen: The head of Egypt’s Metals Research and Development Center Ibrahim Ghayyad met with the General Manager of the Libyan Center for Solar Energy Research and Studies Youssef Al-Naas to discuss cooperation in clean energy production with a focus on solar power and green hydrogen generation, Al Masry Al Youm reported on Friday. The two sides will hold a workshop on clean energy as well as formulate a proposal for a bilateral research project for the production, storage, and transportation of green hydrogen as well as localizing PV technologies. Libya is courting investors as it looks to add 4 GW in renewables capacity by 2035, targeting Turkish developers as part of plans to install 1.7 GW as early as 2027.

Egypt is also mulling a green fuels partnership with Bulgaria: Egypt’s Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Tarek El Molla met with Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Ruman Radev to explore partnerships in green hydrogen, minerals, and the clean energy transition sectors, according to a statement released on Saturday. Egypt signed off on its national green hydrogen incentives program last month and will seek to capture between 5-8% share of the global green hydrogen market by 2040, while Bulgaria is targeting a 1.1 GW electrolysis capacity by 2030.

Germany + Algeria sign green hydrogen agreement: German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy and Climate Protection Robert Habeck and the Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Mohamed Arkab signed a declaration of intent to cooperate in the production of green hydrogen, according to a statement released on Thursday. The agreement aims to boost cooperation on feasibility studies, production, processing, use, transport, storage, and marketing of green hydrogen and its derivatives.

IN OTHER ALGERIA NEWS- Italy’s Snam to discuss SoutH2 hydrogen corridor with Algeria + Tunisia: A delegation from Italian energy company Snam is visiting Algeria and Tunisia to discuss the SoutH2 hydrogen corridor project, Echorouk reported last week, citing a Snam document it has seen. Snam is currently working on legal procedures to include Algeria and Sicily in the project which will transport clean energy from the Sahara to Germany via a network of pipelines.

AND- Sonelgaz Renewable Energies has signed an agreement with the Federation of German Industries on solar energy, according to a statement released on Friday. The agreement will see them exchange expertise and training to boost local manufacturing of equipment for solar energy generation.

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