Tom Alweendo, Namibia's Minister of Mines and Energy, has a message for investors: With a 70 percent minimum target share of energy to be supplied from renewables, and 80 percent of primary energy use to be generated locally by 2030, the Minister, revealed that his nation's goals cannot be achieved by the government alone.

The Minister was speaking at a Namibia Renewable Energy Business Summit hosted by the Namibia Pavilion and held at Business Connect Centre, at the Expo 2020 Dubai, last Saturday.

"We understand and accept that fossil fuels are no longer the future."

"Given the size of the available renewable energy resources in the country [Namibia], it is our intention to explore the idea of seeking other potential investors to cooperate with us. As to the global market for green hydrogen, there is now a global consensus: that green hydrogen is the fuel for the future."

Boasting the world's second-highest solar irradiation, Namibia also has high wind power potential, especially in coastal areas, making it ideally placed to meet its goal of becoming a green hydrogen hub on the African continent.