The company White Martins has just produced the first green hydrogen in South America. The fuel is being produced in the state of Pernambuco and Brazil could be a pioneer in the market.
O first Green Hydrogen (H2V) generated in South America is Brazilian and is located in Pernambuco. TUV Rheinland has evaluated and certified the production of green and carbon neutral hydrogen within White Martins' hydrogen supply chain in accordance with TUV Rheinland Standard H2.21. The development and installation process of the green hydrogen management system and its respective certification took about three months.
White Martins is the first company to produce green hydrogen in South America
In total, 156 tons of H2V will be produced annually on an industrial scale. According to the president of the company and Linde in South America, Gilney Bastos, the White Martins has more than 40 years of experience in the production of hydrogen in the country and is making all of its global experience available to the market so that the country becomes a world reference in green hydrogen production.
The executive points out that the expectation is that this will be the first certification of many that he intends to have in his region in the coming years. Decarbonization is a priority for the company, which is committed to developing projects that contribute to the energy transition, in line with its mission to develop a more productive and sustainable world.
Present in Brazil for over a century providing industrial and medical gases, the company is the first to produce green hydrogen on an industrial scale in Brazil and South America. To be classified as “green”, one of the requirements is that the fuel is produced using renewable sources. In Pernambuco, White Martins can receive up to 1.6 MW of solar energy that will be used in the water electrolysis process to produce hydrogen.
Linde has installed more than 200 hydrogen filling stations
The entire process of certifying the production of green hydrogen in Pernambuco was carried out by the German certifier TÜV Rheinland, a company founded in 1872 and specialist in inspecting services related to quality, technical safety and protection of people and the environment worldwide. Germany is a world reference in certifications and one of the countries that is making the most investments in green hydrogen as a solution for the decarbonization of the economy.
White Martins represents Linde in Brazil, a global leader in hydrogen production, storage, processing and distribution, with the largest capacity and largest distribution system for liquid hydrogen. The company works with the first storage cavern for world's highest purity hydrogen, in addition to pipeline networks totaling approximately XNUMX kilometers globally to supply its customers' demand in a sustainable manner.
Linde is at the forefront of the transition to clean hydrogen and installed more than 200 hydrogen fueling and 80 electrolysis stations worldwide.
Hydrogen supply for electric cars
The company also makes the latest hydrogen technologies available through its internationally recognized engineering industry, key partnerships and alliances.
O fuel of the future is produced through a process known as water electrolysis, which separates hydrogen molecules from oxygen using clean energy, has become the next energy frontier and is considered an alternative to decarbonisation, considering that it can be used in several areas, such as transport and industries.
White Martins is investing in other hydrogen initiatives in Brazil, such as supplying the product to fuel the Mirai, a fuel cell electric car in the Toyota do Brasil.
