The Government of Ceará signed a pre-contract with the multinational Fortescue for the installation of the Green Hydrogen Hub in the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém in the coming years.

The Government of Ceará has advanced even further to guarantee the economic development and improvement of the quality of life of the people of Ceará. Governor Izolda Cela signed, this Wednesday morning (15), the pre-contract with the multinational Fortescue Metals Group to get the project of the Green Hydrogen Hub at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP), in São Gonçalo do Amarante.

Green Hydrogen Hub project also encourages the energy production chain

The signing took place at the headquarters of the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém, with the presence of Luís Viga, Business Development Manager at Fortescue Future Industries, Sebastian Otero, Project Portfolio Manager in Latin America, Maia Júnior, Secretary of Economic Development and Labor, Danilo Serpa, President of Complexo do Pecém, Eduardo Neves, President of the Export Processing Zone of Ceará, among other authorities, such as public managers and executives of the private sector.

Therefore, the state and Fortescue, a global leader in the iron ore industry, will act in mutual cooperation to make the installation of the first green hydrogen Hub in the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém, and also to foment the energy production chain in the state.

According to the governor of Ceará, this movement was led by the governor Camilo Santana, and establishes Ceará as a strong and engaged pole in this moment of energy transition, with the potential of nature, but also the institutional one. The Hub comes to Ceará to evolve consolidated and Brazil can only be saved if the Northeast continues to evolve with renewable energy.

Fortescue looks for viable opportunities for green hydrogen production

According to the CEO of Fortescue Future Industries Latin America, the company is pleased to announce this new milestone in its work in the country with the government of Ceará and the authorities of the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém.

This pre-contract for the Hydrogen Hub is the result of the work it has been doing in recent months and will allow the company to continue advancing in pre-feasibility studies for the development of its projects. Therefore, Fortescue reaffirms its commitment to collaborate with communities.

Thus, in recent months, the company has begun to deepen its knowledge of the region, its biodiversity and its communities through environmental and social impact studies. The signing of this pre-contract is the strengthening of the progress of the Green Hydrogen Hub project in the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém.

Thus, with the pre-contract signed, the multinational plans to carry out studies and seek to identify viable opportunities for the generation of green hydrogen and make its best efforts to contribute with local universities to create research programs to promote technologies related to fuel .

Green hydrogen is the future of fuels

Green Hydrogen is shown to be the cleanest energy for reducing the emission of polluting gases and, thus, guaranteeing a sustainable future for the planet.

According to the “Scaling Up” study by the Hydrogen Council, by 2050, H₂V will represent about 18% of all energy consumed worldwide. Therefore, the Government of Ceará developed the Green Hydrogen Hub in February last year, in partnership with FIEC, UFC, and the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém.

So far, 18 memorandums of cooperation have been signed, all with the aim of producing and exporting green hydrogen.