The Government of Rio Grande do Sul entered into a partnership with Enerfín do Brasil with the objective of developing a green hydrogen project in the largest industrial district in the state

The Government of Rio Grande do Sul entered into a partnership with the company Enerfín do Brasil, of the Spanish group Elecnor/Enerfín, last Thursday (24). Both signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a green hydrogen production project in the state. This is the second agreement signed by the government of Rio Grande do Sul with the aim of deepening green hydrogen technologies. In December last year, a partnership was closed with the company White Martins.

Learn more about the intentions of the memorandum with Enerfín do Brasil

The text of the memorandum defines the construction of a potential project of green hydrogen in Rio Grande do Sul. Opportunities will also be identified for the creation of a project in the port of Rio Grande and the intention of finding opportunities to develop a project for the production of green hydrogen was established.

The Rio Grande do Sul government's memorandum with Enerfín also aims to find other opportunities aimed at the electricity sector or the electrification of industries linked to the project, in addition to making viable cooperation and synergies between the parties to find possible regulatory and fiscal obstacles.  

According to Eduardo Leite, Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, it is a great opportunity for the state and all government forces are being mobilized so that they are led and built conditions for having a leveraged vocation. Leite claims to look for companies to present reasons why RS is seen as a good host in the implementation of the green hydrogen project, and also to build relationships that allow proving the viability of the investment.

RS uses 80% renewable energy

According to the government of Rio Grande do Sul, the state has been carrying out studies to carry out a transition to decarbonization through the use of green hydrogen, developing a branch in the economic matrix of high technology and added value.

Currently, the state already operates with 80% of renewable energy in its matrix, where wind energy corresponds to 20%. Leite explains that the signing of the memorandum with Enerfín do Brasil is another step towards the future.

The available port, industries, wind potential and also the various uses that green hydrogen and ammonia can have in other activities give the state a different chance in relation to other states. It is worth remembering that the use of hydrogen is in line with the commitment undertaken by Rio Grande do Sul to neutralize carbon emissions by half by the beginning of the next decade.

Enerfín do Brasil pronounces on the signed memorandum

Enerfín is a subsidiary of the Elecnor group, a Spanish company with experience in the development, installation and operation of wind power plants. In RS, the group built the Osório wind complex, the first large wind farm in Latin America. Marco Antônio Morales, director of new business for Enerfín in Latin America, highlighted the trust in the partnership and also the state's potential for building the project.

Morales says that the company believes that this energy solution, which the world so badly needs, will happen, and is delighted to do so for the first time in Rio Grande do Sul. The company wants to implement this project in RS due to all the possibilities for export and domestic consumption, reaffirming the confidence it has in the state.

The place with the greatest potential to receive the project is the port of Rio Grande, the largest industrial district in Rio Grande do Sul, which has 2.580 hectares, a strategic and privileged position and available retro areas.