The German agency GIZ signed a cooperation agreement with Senai for the development of a Green Hydrogen Center in RN. Senai will be responsible for offering professional training courses in the sector and training new professionals.
The German Agency, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) signed this Monday (9), a cooperation agreement with the National Industrial Learning Service (Senai). The purpose of the contract is to develop the first Center of Excellence in Green Hydrogen, which will be installed in the city of Natal (RN). The project also aims to create 5 regional education and training hubs in the green hydrogen sector, which will be installed in the states of Paraná, Bahia, São Paulo, Ceará and Santa Catarina. The intention is to guarantee the necessary structure for the experimental production of the fuel of the future.
Senai – RN will offer professional courses
According to Markus Francke, director of Project H2 Brasil, from GIZ, the hydrogen hubs located from north to south of the country demonstrate the Brazilian capacity to invest in professional qualification and training of new professionals for such a promising sector.
In Europe alone, for example, business and industry associations estimate that up to one million jobs will be generated in the fuel value chain over the next decade. The Center for Gas Technologies and Renewable Energy will be responsible for coordinating the project and Senai RN will be responsible for offering professional training courses on production, transport, storage and application of green hydrogen.
According to the Superintendent of International Business at Senai, Frederico Lamego, currently, the demand for green hydrogen is much stronger abroad, mainly in Europe. When this competence is developed in Brazil, there will be the possibility of also leveraging the internal need for technology by making its price more competitive.
In addition to Senai, GIZ also partners with Brazilian governments
The expected investment of approximately R$ 12,5 million until 2023 will be aimed at generating knowledge, developing laboratories and training multipliers and is part of the GIZ project called H2 Brazil, a partnership between the German and German governments to boost the expansion of the green hydrogen market and its derivatives in the country.
According to Francke, the participation of sustainable energies in the Brazilian energy matrix has been expanding every year and the tendency is for this number to grow at the same time that production costs decrease. This excellent scenario demonstrates that the country has great potential to be a world reference in the production of green hydrogen, being one of the largest exporters of the product.
In October 2021, Giz announced 34 million euros in investments for green hydrogen projects in its project in Brazil, with a forecast of funding over two years for the construction of a pilot electrolysis plant with a capacity of 5MW.
Green hydrogen market in RN
In addition to GIZ, Vestas, a giant from Denmark, signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of RN in March to study the feasibility of implementing a port-industry with wind energy projects and green hydrogen in the state.
The agreement is the result of a visit that Fátima Bezerra, governor of the state, made to Denmark in November last year. The state also has a contract with Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP), the investment arm of the pension fund PensionDanmark, for an offshore project under licensing that will have a capacity of 2 GW.
The government of RN also has a memorandum of understanding with Enterprize Energy, which is headquartered in Singapore, for the development of offshore wind energy, green ammonia and H2V projects on the coast of the state.
