Ceará Governor Camilo Santana revealed a green hydrogen pilot project is set to begin operations as early as December 2022.

Installed at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP), and developed by EDP Brazil, the plant will have a capacity of 3 MW and an electrolyzer module for fuel production with guaranteed renewable origin. The modular unit will have the capacity to produce 250 Nm3/h of gas. 

"Considering that Ceará has strategic characteristics to lead the process of introducing green hydrogen in the country, whether it is exceptional solar and wind potential - fundamental for the production of gas - or for its location and the offer of excellent infrastructure for the flow of this product to the international market, we elected the state to house our first green hydrogen plant in Brazil. this project will position Ceará as a pioneer in the generation of knowledge on the subject and at the center of the vast production and application chain of this fuel," said João Marques da Cruz, CEO of EDP in Brazil.

The pilot project will require an investment of US $8.1 MM.

The hydrogen plant is part of an R&D project by UTE Pecém, installed in São Gonçalo do Amarante (CE), which should generate clean fuel with a guarantee of renewable origin, in addition to developing a roadmap with analysis of scalability scenarios, considering all downstream and upstream links of hydrogen production. Throughout the project, the gas production chain will be analyzed; business models; strategic partnerships with industries, service companies and automotive companies; fuel generation and storage; and adaptations in mobility using hydrogen gas, in road, rail, air and sea transport.