On Oct. 1 in Algiers, energy ministers from Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Austria, and Germany signed a SoutH2 declaration creating a UNIDO-backed technical secretariat, following a first meeting in Rome in January 2025.

The planned ~3,000 km corridor would move up to 4 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen a year from Algeria via Tunisia toward Italy, Austria, and Germany—about 10% of projected EU hydrogen demand by 2040—building on Algeria’s existing gas link and solar potential.

The author says the political step is real but the test is commercial: electrolysis, renewables, water/desalination, prices, and binding offtake contracts; without buyers and finance, SoutH2 stays a map.

On October 1, the energy ministers of Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Austria and Germany met in Algiers for the second ministerial meeting on the Southern Hydrogen Corridor (SoutH2) and signed the Algiers Ministerial Declaration. It provides for a dedicated technical secretariat, supported by the........

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