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The IDB and GCF are creating the first Latin American and Caribbean regional fund to promote electric mobility and green hydrogen
August 10, 2022
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nation’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) are teaming up to create the first Latin American and Caribbean regional fund to promote electric mobility and green hydrogen. Nine countries expect to receive US$450 million in loans and grants from the fund to aid in lowering carbon emissions and building […]
HDF to build a green hydrogen hub in Ceara
August 10, 2022
HDF is set to build a green hydrogen ‘hub’ in Sao Gonçalo de Amarante in the state of Ceará. The company plans to use solar energy to generate green hydrogen. Source: Energy News
NGC and NewGen sign a non-binding HOA to further the development of a sustainable hydrogen economy in Trinidad and Tobago
August 10, 2022
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) and NewGen Energy Limited (NewGen) signed a non-binding HOA to collaborate on developing a sustainable hydrogen economy in Trinidad and Tobago. Source: Media. NGC
HIF Global and Enel Green Power Chile file an impact study for a wind project in Chile with plans to provide energy to a future hydrogen-based e-fuels plant
August 10, 2022
HIF Global and Enel Green Power Chile filed an environmental impact study for a 325 MW wind farm project that will eventually provide energy to a future green hydrogen-based e-fuels plant in Chile. Source: Renewables Now
CTG Brasil, Senai, and the government of Pernambuco launched the TechHub Hidrogênio Verde initiative to focus on green hydrogen development for the Port of Suape projects
August 10, 2022
CTG Brasil, Senai, and the government of Pernambuco team up to launch the TechHub Hidrogênio Verde initiative, which focuses on the production, transport, storage, and management of green hydrogen for the Port of Suape projects. Source: EPBR
Camaçari Industrial Complex in Brazil, a 60 MW industrial-scale green hydrogen plant, will be first of its kind in Latin America
August 10, 2022
The Camaçari Industrial Complex in Brazil, a 60 MW industrial-scale green hydrogen plant, will be the first of its kind in Latin America. The plant will be operational by next year and will have three 20 MW standard electrolyzers and produce 10,000 tons of green hydrogen and 60,000 tons of green ammonia annually. Source: Gas […]
Colombia establishes new rules for the development of the hydrogen market and a permitting process for geothermal exploration and exploitation
July 27, 2022
Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy established new rules that provide a framework for the development of the hydrogen market and established a permitting process and requirements for requesting geothermal exploration and exploitation permits. They also created a geothermal registry to record geothermal exploration and exploitation permits. Source: ThinkGeoEnergy
Unigel builds the first industrial scale green hydrogen plant in Brazil
July 27, 2022
Unigel, one of the largest chemical companies in Latin America and the largest manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers in Brazil, installed the first industrial scale green hydrogen plant in Brazil. The project’s development cost a total of US$120 million. Source: Global Energy Infrastructure
The Government of Ceara signed an MoU with Enel to assess the potential for development of 400 MW of green hydrogen
July 27, 2022
The Brazilian state of Ceara signed an MoU with Enel Energy Brazil to assess the potential for the development of 400 MW green hydrogen projects in the region. If feasible, Enel’s project would form part of Ceara’s green hydrogen hub. Source: Renewables Now