Afroil: Tlou Energy to develop “hydrogen strategy” for GTP project

Australia’s Tlou Energy hopes that its Lesedi gas-to-power (GTP) project in Botswana will serve as a springboard for blue and green hydrogen production. The company intends to develop a “hydrogen strategy” to complement the GTP scheme and has already secured some of the assets and administrative permits it will need to begin turning out hydrogen.

The company will be able to use its entire resource base to produce hydrogen. It has access to ample supplies of solar power and coal-bed methane (CBM) that could be used to generate the electricity needed to electrolyse water into hydrogen and oxygen. Additionally, it said, water is “readily available” within the acreage in Botswana.

The statement did not reveal how much hydrogen Tlou hoped to turn out in the future or when production might begin. It did say, though, that the company was holding discussions on a $10mn financing package for the initial stage of the Lesedi GTP project, which will involve the construction of electricity transmission lines and substations.