HDF Energy, an African electricity producer, has unveiled details about its first hydrogen power plant. The plant, which will be constructed in Namibia, is expected to become operational by 2024 and will cost around $180 million. Nicolas Lecomte, HDF’s director for Southern Africa, claims that the plant will be capable of producing 142 GWh of electricity per year, enough for 142,000 people, in a “conservative” prediction. To put this in context, Namibia used to consume around 4,000 GWh of electricity per annum before the Covid-19 pandemic, so this plant would account for maybe up to 4% of the country’s total electricity usage. The importance of HDF’s technology, although not innovative, is that it aims to deliver non-intermittent electricity to the…