Dâures Green Fertiliser Project Secures Development Funding
A signed development-funding agreement provides up to US$3.6 million to advance Namibia’s Dâures Green Fertiliser Project through engineering, permitting, market development and preparation for financial close.
SOURCE SIGNAL
SDG Namibia One and Enersense Energy Namibia have signed a Development Funding Agreement to advance the Dâures Green Fertiliser Project in Namibia’s Erongo Region.
Under the agreement, SDG Namibia One will provide up to US$3.6 million toward a total development budget of up to US$7.07 million and will act as co-developer alongside Enersense Energy Namibia.
The funding will support front-end engineering design, market development, permitting, environmental and social studies and work to convert market interest into bankable offtake arrangements.
The proposed commercial-scale project is designed to use 60 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity, 10 MW of wind generation and 65 MWh of battery storage to power a 40 MW electrolysis facility. It targets annual production of up to 20,000 tonnes of green ammonia and up to 80,000 tonnes of ammonium sulphate fertiliser.
Financial close is targeted for the second quarter of 2028, with commercial operations targeted for the first quarter of 2030. The agreement therefore represents funded project development, not financial close, construction approval or an operating commercial facility.
COUNTRY IMPACT
The agreement moves the Dâures commercial-scale concept into a funded development phase, providing capital for the technical, environmental, regulatory and commercial work required before a final investment decision can be considered.
For Namibia, the project connects renewable-energy development with domestic manufacturing and agricultural supply chains. Producing fertiliser locally could reduce dependence on imported agricultural inputs, retain more value from Namibia’s renewable resources and strengthen regional supply resilience.
The project also illustrates how blended development finance can be used to reduce early-stage risk in first-of-a-kind industrial projects and prepare them for larger private investment.
These potential benefits remain dependent on successful engineering and permitting, credible offtake arrangements, financial close and subsequent construction. The signed agreement advances those preparatory requirements but does not guarantee that the proposed commercial facility will reach operation.
RELEVANCE TO SUNGATE
The Dâures project is not located at SUNGATE and the funding agreement creates no direct requirement for land at the development.
Its relevance lies in the wider commercial and service economy created as Namibian industrial projects progress from concept toward bankability. Project development can require investors, engineers, environmental specialists, professional advisers, equipment suppliers and logistics providers to operate across Namibia and move through Windhoek and the country’s international transport network.
SUNGATE is a 408-hectare master-planned mixed-use development adjacent to Hosea Kutako International Airport, Namibia’s principal international aviation gateway, and positioned within the convergence of air, road and rail.
For SUNGATE, the Dâures agreement is therefore an indirect industrial-growth signal. It adds evidence that Namibia is developing renewable-energy value chains that may support future demand for commercial services, business travel, logistics coordination, accommodation and supporting infrastructure, without indicating that the project or its partners intend to locate at SUNGATE.
SOURCE
Renewable Energy Magazine, “SDG Namibia One and Enersense Energy Namibia sign development funding agreement for Dâures Green Fertiliser Project,” 10 September 2026.
Green Hydrogen Moves From Ambition to Operation
A new integrated green-hydrogen facility at Walvis Bay moves part of Namibia’s clean-energy story from future ambition into operating industrial infrastructure.
SOURCE SIGNAL
Namibia’s green-hydrogen ambitions have moved into operating infrastructure with the inauguration of an integrated green-hydrogen plant at Walvis Bay.
WaterstofNet reported on 1 October 2025 that Cleanergy Solutions Namibia had officially launched Africa’s first integrated green-hydrogen plant. The facility was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr Elijah Ngurare together with representatives including CMB.TECH chief executive Alexander Saverys.
The plant uses solar-powered electrolysis to produce green hydrogen onsite and incorporates a refuelling station supporting vehicle, industrial and off-grid power applications.
Initial applications include dual-fuel trucks, tractors and hydrogen-powered generator sets. An accompanying Hydrogen Academy is intended to develop Namibian skills and technical expertise in hydrogen technologies.
CMB.TECH independently confirms that the Farm 58 facility at Walvis Bay was launched in September 2025 as the first step in a broader programme to build hydrogen expertise and infrastructure in Namibia.
COUNTRY IMPACT
Namibia has positioned green hydrogen as an important potential component of its future energy and industrial economy.
Much of the country’s hydrogen opportunity remains associated with large projects that require substantial investment, infrastructure and future export markets. An operating facility provides a different and important form of evidence.
It allows hydrogen technologies, applications, skills and operating models to be deployed and tested within Namibia while connecting renewable-energy production with transport, logistics and industrial activity.
The inclusion of a Hydrogen Academy adds a human-capital dimension by developing local knowledge alongside the physical infrastructure.
Plans to extend hydrogen applications into rail and maritime activity further connect the project with Walvis Bay’s role as Namibia’s principal port and logistics hub.
The facility does not guarantee the success of Namibia’s larger proposed hydrogen projects. It does, however, demonstrate that part of the country’s emerging hydrogen economy has moved from strategy and development planning into physical operation.
RELEVANCE TO SUNGATE
The Walvis Bay facility has no direct operational connection to Sungate.
Its relevance lies in the broader transformation of Namibia’s infrastructure and industrial economy.
New industries create requirements extending beyond the location at which production takes place. They bring specialist businesses, technical expertise, equipment, logistics, training, professional services and investment into the wider economy.
Sungate’s position adjacent to Hosea Kutako International Airport places it within the commercial environment through which international expertise, businesses and investment enter Namibia.
Its mixed-use structure also provides flexibility to respond over time as the country’s commercial and industrial requirements evolve.
For Sungate, the significance is therefore not green hydrogen alone. It is further evidence that Namibia is beginning to convert emerging-industry ambitions into operating infrastructure and economic activity.
SOURCE
WaterstofNet, “Cleanergy Solutions Namibia launches Africa’s first integrated green hydrogen plant,” 1 October 2025.