green hydrogen

Eletrobras signs green H2 deal with Siemens

Brazil’s state-controlled utility Eletrobras signed a preliminary agreement with Germany’s Siemens Energy to develop a green hydrogen pilot plant, adding to regional momentum surrounding the emerging resource. Source

Mexico seeking to join Latin American peers in hydrogen push

As numerous Latin American nations announce hydrogen projects with an eye toward the global market, Mexico is looking to join the race. Hydrogen was singled out for the first time in Mexican Energy Ministry Sener’s Proseden national development plan earlier this year as a potential future replacement for fossil fuels in power plants operated by Comisión Federal […]

Enegix Energy to build $5.4 billion green hydrogen facility in Brazil

Enegix Energy announces the world’s largest green hydrogen plant to be built in Ceará, Brazil, after signing MoU with the state government. Base One facility will produce more than 600 million kg of green hydrogen annually from 3.4GW of baseload renewable energy. Source

Ministry of Energy in Chile and Port of Rotterdam Authority sign MOU on green hydrogen

Minister Juan Carlos Jobet, of the Ministry of Energy of Chile, together with Allard Castelein, CEO of Europe’s largest port, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on green hydrogen via videoconference. This is the first agreement on hydrogen as a fuel and feedstock signed by the Ministry of Energy with a European port. The agreement […]

AES Gener plans large green hydrogen-based ammonia plant in Chile

Latin American electricity producer AES Gener, a majority-owned unit of The AES Corporation will be studying the feasibility of building the first large green hydrogen-based ammonia plant in Chile. The US parent company announced this last week, saying that the project could require over 800 MW of new renewable energy supply. Source

Prioritizing the role of women in building clean and decarbonized economies across Latin America and the Caribbean

From our Editorial Team

Why women working in the energy sector will play a vital role in LAC’s economic recovery Even before COVID-19, the promise of full gender equality remained unfulfilled in Latin America and the Caribbean despite the fact that women in the labor force improves competitiveness. By one analysis from McKinsey & Company, published prior to the […]

The decarbonization of Costa Rica goes through hydrogen

Ad Astra Rocket founder and scientist Franklin Chang-Díaz, a retired businessman and astronaut, shares  his vision of hydrogen in the country, as well as the difficulties of carrying out ventures in Costa Rica and the need to modernize Costa Rican legislation on these issues.   Source

Green Hydrogen-South America market forecast 2020-2027

The latest Reports Globe study titled “Green Hydrogen-South America Market” highlights important aspects of the Green Hydrogen-South America market. The report is intended to help readers accurately estimate the growth rate of the world market during the forecast period (2020-2027).   Source

Could green hydrogen broker a detente between renewable energy and Mexican oil sectors?

From our Editorial Team

Private companies and the Mexican government have been duking it out in public, the media and in court for the last two years over the future of the country’s energy sector, which was primed to usher in a new era after the 2013 market reform. Many investors, particularly in the renewable energy space, flocked to […]