South Africa: Sasol Expands Green Hydrogen Strategy Beyond Boegoebaai To Province-Wide Approach

Sasol has completed a pre-feasibility study on the Boegoebaai green hydrogen and ammonia export opportunity, confirming its strong technical and economic viability.

While Boegoebaai remains an important asset within Sasol’s portfolio, the company said it is refining its green hydrogen strategy in the Northern Cape to adopt a broader, province-wide development approach.

Instead of focusing on a single flagship project, Sasol is now pursuing a coordinated green hydrogen ecosystem that spans multiple sites across the province.

The shift reflects the scale of the opportunity and the need for long-term enabling conditions, including land availability, grid capacity, infrastructure development, and phased market growth.

Within this framework, Boegoebaai is expected to serve as a potential anchor project in a wider Northern Cape green hydrogen corridor, supported by a planned deep-water port and Special Economic Zone.

However, Sasol’s focus now extends beyond one location to a portfolio of renewable energy developments that together could support an integrated hydrogen economy.

The strategy aligns with the Northern Cape’s ambition to become a globally competitive green hydrogen export hub, leveraging its abundant solar and wind resources, available land, and infrastructure potential.

Sasol said it will continue working with government and other stakeholders to support the development of key enabling infrastructure, including transmission networks, port facilities, and logistics systems.

The company aims to help build a coordinated industrial platform capable of attracting investment and accelerating large-scale deployment.

A key driver of the strategy is the expectation that competitive green hydrogen production in the 2030s will depend on rapid expansion of large-scale renewable energy capacity in the 2020s.

Sasol therefore sees accelerated rollout of solar and wind projects as essential to supporting future hydrogen production, strengthening industrial demand, and ensuring long-term cost competitiveness for low-carbon fuel production in the region.

The company added that successful large-scale hydrogen development will require a multi-partner, multi-project approach to reduce early-stage risk, align infrastructure build-out with demand, and support both export and domestic market development. Sasol said its role is evolving toward that of a catalyst and integrator within a broader public and private sector ecosystem.