Cleanergy Solutions Leads Erongo's Green Hydrogen Demonstration Hub

Cleanergy Solutions Namibia is leading the development of a green hydrogen demonstration hub in Walvis Bay that combines on-site hydrogen production, a heavy-vehicle refuelling station, and a vocational training centre in a single integrated facility. Unlike the larger export-scale Hyphen and Daures projects, the Cleanergy facility is designed around domestic offtake — port equipment, heavy trucks, and municipal fleets that can switch from diesel to hydrogen within existing operational patterns. That demand-side focus is unusual in the African hydrogen conversation, which has been dominated by export ammonia narratives. The training centre is the longer-term bet. Scaling a hydrogen economy requires technicians, safety engineers, and operations personnel who do not currently exist in sufficient numbers anywhere in southern Africa. By embedding training into the demonstration site, Cleanergy is building the skills base that every subsequent hydrogen project will need. Walvis Bay's selection is deliberate. The port handles roughly 90% of Namibia's import and export flows, making it the single best place in the country to demonstrate hydrogen fuel in a commercial logistics setting. Walvis Bay also sits on the proposed Trans-Kalahari corridor, which could eventually see hydrogen-powered freight movement as far as Gauteng. The 2026 focus is proving commercial viability at the demonstration scale: how reliably the electrolysers run on Namibian solar, how the refuelling station performs under daily commercial use, and whether the cost curve improves fast enough to justify scale-up. If those answers come back positive, Erongo is well positioned to host a second wave of mid-scale projects that complement the export giants further south.