By the end of October, federal deputy Arnaldo Jardim (Cidadania-SP) intends to present a new proposal for a legal framework for renewable hydrogen in Brazil. According to him, the projects currently being processed in the Chamber and Senate are very limited and outdated.
“They [projects] are very important, but the legislation that we will offer in the end, I think it will be more comprehensive and more updated. She will rely on the projects, but she will be able to go further”, said the deputy.
Currently, three bills related to hydrogen are being processed in the National Congress: PL 725/22, PL 1878/22 and PL 2308/2023.
Jardim is president of the Special Energy Transition Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and in the coming months he intends to hold state hearings to discuss policies for the hydrogen market in Brazil.
Last Friday (11) a meeting was held in the capital of São Paulo, at the headquarters of FIESP (Federation of Industries of São Paulo), which was attended by representatives of ABEEólica, ABSOLAR, ABIOGAS, FAPESP, COMERC Energia and the University of São Paulo.
“I believe that green hydrogen is the vector of the country's neo-industrialization”, stated the director of Regulatory and Institutional Affairs at Comerc, Ana Carla Petti.
The company, which is the largest energy trader in the country, joined Casa dos Ventos with the intention of installing a green hydrogen and ammonia production factory in the Pecém Port Complex, in Ceará.
The plant will have a capacity of up to 2,4 GW of electrolysis to produce more than a thousand tons of hydrogen per day and 2,2 million tons of green ammonia per year. The first phase is expected to be operational in 2026.
Vice President of Investments and Hydrogen at ABSOLAR, Camila Ramos, defended the creation of fiscal and tax incentives and financing lines encouraged for the development of the renewable hydrogen market.
“The first step is to have a vision of whether we want to be a large producer of renewable hydrogen and how we are going to get there. Today we don’t have any policy with clear goals, with a short, medium and long-term schedule.”
For Suani Teixeira Coelho, professor at USP's Institute of Energy and Environment, Brazil needs to think about the option of using hydrogen to produce fertilizers and transport fuel. “80% of our fertilizers are imported”, she highlighted.
