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Unigel, a manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers in the country, announced this Tuesday (26) the construction of its Brazil's first green hydrogen factory. With an initial investment of approximately US$ 120 million (around R$ 650 million), the plant should come into operation operation until the end of 2023.
According to the company, the Unigel’s integrated green hydrogen and green ammonia project It should be the biggest in the world. For the first phase of the project, three standard 20 MW electrolysers will be installed from thyssenkrupp nucera with a total capacity of 60 MW.
“Throughout our almost 60-year history, we have developed technologies and invested to meet industrial and agribusiness demands. With this project, Unigel takes another important step towards the decarbonization of several sectors, contributing substantially to combating climate change on the planet”, he highlighted Henri Slezynger, founder and chairman of the Board of Directors of Unigel.
Located in Camaçari Industrial Complex (BA), the new factory, in its first phase, will have a production capacity of 10 thousand tons/year of green hydrogen and 60 thousand tons/year of green ammonia. In the second phase of the project, scheduled to come into operation by 2025, the company is expected to quadruple the production of green hydrogen and ammonia.
The manufacture of green hydrogen and ammonia is already an offshoot of other actions that Unigel has undertaken, such as the partnership for the production of wind energy, worth more than R$ 1 billion, with the House of Winds, a company that generates energy from renewable sources in Brazil.
“Unigel is focused on investments that allow decarbonization of its operations and also contributing with solutions for the industry. Given Brazil's potential in generating wind and solar energy, we believe that the country has a great opportunity to be a global reference in green hydrogen, a solution that brings versatility to transform renewable energy into raw materials and carbon zero fuels”, he highlighted Roberto Noronha Santos, CEO of Unigel.
“This project is the first of its kind in Brazil and reinforces Unigel’s pioneering spirit in producing green molecules on an industrial scale. As Brazil is one of the world's leading countries in terms of installed renewable energy, we are pleased to enter into this partnership to make green hydrogen an affordable energy vector today”, he emphasized. Werner Ponikwar, CEO of thyssenkrupp nucera.
“Only through large-scale production with robust, reliable and cost-effective technologies at competitive renewable energy prices will green hydrogen be ready for the market with widespread use,” he concluded.
“The Unigel project is the first of its kind in Brazil and reinforces the pioneering spirit and entrepreneurship of this one of the largest chemical companies in the country. We are very proud and honored to enter into this new partnership and share the experience and unparalleled supply capacity we have gained over six decades developing our electrolysis technology,” he added. Paulo Alvarenga, CEO of thyssenkrupp for South America.
With the construction of the factory, Unigel should stimulate the local economy, with generation of at least 500 direct and indirect jobs.
