To distributor neoenergy e a Unifei (Federal University of Itajubá), in Minas Gerais, signed um protocol of intent to boost the development of research on the green hydrogen.
The institutions will work together on scientific initiatives and training of specialists. To this end, they informed that they will inaugurate CH2V (Green Hydrogen Center) in December this year.
O space will to over 3.000m² and will include: a plant of electrolysis to storage tank system quality compressors and a infrastructure for the supply of hydrogen-powered vehicles. In addition, an annex building dedicated to green hydrogen research will be built.
According to the rector of Unifei, professor Edson da Costa Bortoni, the protocol of intentions will make it possible to make the research center a reference in studies of the use of the source in Brazil and around the world.
“The objective is to carry out research and development projects in renewable energy, including the application of green hydrogen to reduce emissions, the use of fossil fuels, and the carbon footprint with the decarbonization of processes in an energy transition that, each increasingly makes use of clean and renewable energy sources,” he said.
green hydrogen
The production of Green Hydrogen is done by breaking down water molecules, through a chemical process called electrolysis. An electric current is used to break the chemical bonds between hydrogen and oxygen.
This is considered a green method, as long as the electricity used is obtained from clean sources, such as solar and wind. It is, therefore, an energy source capable of avoiding emissions produced by fossil fuels, especially in the industrial sector.
For this reason, studies and research in favor of this new source of energy continue to take place across the planet, to the point that several countries are already preparing themselves for the production, storage and use of the technology.
Recently, a survey carried out by McKinsey & Company assessed that Brazil is fully capable of reaching a prominent level in the international market, especially as an exporter.
The company's projections show that the country is capable of producing and exporting around 3,8 million tons of green hydrogen by the end of 2040, thus guaranteeing more than R$6 billion from the sale of the technology, as illustrated in the image below.
