| PtX business opportunities in South Africa | An analysis of the renewable hydrogen market potential, value chain and business opportunities in South Africa. | May 2024 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
| Emerging themes and priorities of green hydrogen research to support public and private sector objectives | This report is a review of the status quo and gaps in green hydrogen (GH2) research, as well as determine the alignment between policy goals and research objectives and private sector needs in South Africa. | April 2024 | South African National Energy Development Institute and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
| Green Hydrogen Community Development Toolkit | This toolkit is about community development for project developers in the green hydrogen sector. Its focus is to provide practical step-by-step advice for community development personnel or managers responsible for community development work in green hydrogen companies. | June 2023 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
| Electrolyser Market Overview 2023 | A market overview of electrolyser manufacturing, including trends, developments, and growth prospects within the rapidly evolving industry. | April 2023 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
| Fuel Cell Market Overview 2023 | A comprehensive market overview of fuel cell manufacturing, including trends, developments, and growth prospects within the rapidly evolving industry. | April 2023 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
| Talking about green hydrogen: popular education materials | Accessible information regarding the promises, risks and impacts green hydrogen can have for communities in South Africa. | March 2023 | Earthlife Africa, Economic Justice Network of FOCCISA, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Mining Affected Communities United In Action, Women affected by Mining United in Action and WoMin African Alliance |
| Green Hydrogen: Implications for International Cooperation, With Special Reference to South Africa | Information on the emerging green hydrogen market, opportunities for countries with abundant resources for renewable energy and how development cooperation can help countries exploit the opportunities in support of sustainable national development. | 2023 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) GmbH |
| The South African Green Hydrogen TVET Ecosystem Just Transition Strategic Framework | The study aims to support the orientation of South Africa’s TVET college ecosystem towards the GHE by providing insight on the sectors on which to focus and the timelines by which it could be required to provide its graduates with the skills required in the GHE, as well as the potential for up- or re-skilling given those timelines. | December 2022 | South African Institute of International Affairs, UK PACT, South African Department of Higher Education and Training, South African Department of Science and Innovation |
| Green hydrogen: Key success criteria for sustainable trade & production. | A synthesis based on consultations in Africa and Latin America, policy processes, and input from stakeholders to inform decision-makers and investors how hydrogen trading contributes to a just energy transition, energy security, and the prevention of climate change. | November 2022 | Brot für die Welt and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung |
| South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET IP), 2023–2027
| This sets out the scale of need and the investments required to support the decarbonisation commitments made by South Africa. | November 2022 | The Presidency, Republic of South Africa |
| Innovation trends in electrolysers for hydrogen production | A mappping of electrolyser technologies and trends revealed by analysing the global evolution of patent filings between 2005 and 2020 in the domain of electrolysers used to produce hydrogen. | May 2022 | The European Patent Office and the International Renewable Energy Agency |
| Hydrogen Society Roadmap for South Africa 2021 | This serves as a national coordinating framework to facilitate the integration of hydrogen-related technologies in the South African economy and stimulate economic recovery. | 2021 | South African Department of Science and Innovation |
| Hydrogen Research Activities in South Africa | A review of hydrogen R&D activities at South African universities, other research institutions and private industry. | October 2016 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |