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A thyssenkrupp nucera and the Unigel signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to increase H2V plant capacity (green hydrogen), which the company is building in Bahia, from 60 MW to 240 MW of water electrolysis.
A signing ceremony was held in Belo Horizonte (MG), during the visit of Dr. Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. The Unigel factory will be the first industrial-scale H2V plant in Brazil. A delivery is scheduled for the end of the year.
According to the companies, this is a fundamental step for both companies to continue collaboration to accelerate green transformation through the development of the green hydrogen economy around the world.
In the first phase, the plant will have a total water electrolysis capacity of 60 MW with electrolysers from thyssenkrupp nucera and an initial production capacity of 10,000 tonnes/year of green hydrogen to produce 60,000 tonnes/year of green ammonia.
“Unigel’s H2V factory will be the first on an industrial scale in Brazil. We continue negotiating strategic partnerships to make the new phases of the project possible”, stated Roberto Noronha Santos, CEO of Unigel.
According to the company, green hydrogen will be used in sectors that are difficult to decarbonize, such as steelmaking, oil refining and the production of green ammonia itself. Furthermore, green ammonia will be used in Unigel's value chain, as it is a raw material for the production of fertilizers and acrylics.
“Brazil presents a combination of extremely favorable factors for the implementation of H2V projects. In addition to domestic industry demand, the country could become one of the largest exporters of this product in the world”, said Paulo Alvarenga, CEO of thyssenkrupp for South America.
“With our water electrolysis technology, we are strongly contributing to the development of a hydrogen economy and thus paving the way for the green transformation,” he highlighted.
