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Vestas secures 430MW service contract in Brazil
January 3, 2022
Vestas signed an agreement with Renova Energia for the maintenance of the 430MW Alto Sertao 3 wind complex in the Bahia region of Brazil with 24 wind farms. The agreement hands Vestas the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of 155 Alstom ECO 100, 110 and 122 turbines. They also signed an agreement in Argentina […]
Engie secures financing for 434MW wind complex in Brazil
December 21, 2021
Engie’s 434MW Santo Agostinho wind farm complex in the Brazilian region of Rio Grande do Norte gains the support of Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES). They will provide Engie with 64% of the project’s total investment. The development includes 14 wind farms and construction will employ 900 local workers. The finances […]
Brazil’s Ceara okays 850 MW of wind, solar projects
December 21, 2021
Two 849.9 MW of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects were approved by the state council on the environment of the Brazilian state of Ceara (Coema). One being the 439.9-MW Complexo Fenix wind power complex proposed by local company Rio Energy Desenvolvimento de Renovaveis SA and the second, a 410-MW Serra Dantas PV complex, from […]
AES Brasil to invest in a green hydrogen plant in Ceará
December 20, 2021
The Government of Ceará in Brazil recently signed an MOU with AES Brazil that aims to increase investments in the state’s green hydrogen sector. The MOU was the 14th signed by Ceará in this rapidly emerging market, and will lead to the construction of a green hydrogen production plant in the Pecem industrial and port […]
Brazil detailed its 2050 net-zero plan at COP26
November 11, 2021
Brazil has unveiled a more ambitious net-zero target and signed a U.K.-led pledge on ending deforestation in a stark turnaround for the administration of climate-skeptic President Jair Bolsonaro, Bloomberg reported. Source
Transhydrogen Alliance plans $2B green H2 project in Brazil
November 5, 2021
European consortium Transhydrogen Alliance will study the development of a USD-2-billion (EUR 1.7bn) green hydrogen project at the Pecem industrial and port complex in Brazil’s Ceara state over the coming years. Source
Fortaleza will be the first Brazilian city to power public transport by green hydrogen
September 24, 2021
With the Green Hydrogen Hub of Ceará, the state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement the use of vehicles for public transport powered by fuel produced from renewable energy. The Spanish company Neoenergia will be responsible for the project called “Corredor Verde”. Fortaleza will receive the pilot project and the plan is […]
EDP will construct a green hydrogen pilot plant in Pecém Industrial and Port Complex to start production in 2022
September 15, 2021
On 1st September the Governor of Ceará, Brazil together with executives from EDP have jointly announced that EDP will invest a total of R$41.9 million in a pilot project for the production of a green hydrogen plant in Pecém Industrial and Port Complex, with a production capacity of 250 Nm3/h of the gas. Its operation […]
Private sector launches task force to increase hydrogen market in Brazil
August 25, 2021
A group of private sector companies led by Shell announced the creation of a task force to increase the competitiveness of hydrogen in Brazil before COP26. Source (in Portuguese)