Offshore Wind Farm And Green Hydrogen Attract Attention From Some Energy Companies

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Published on 13/07/2022 at 17:04

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Green Hydrogen and Offshore Wind Farms Are Reasons for Attention in the Renewable Energy Sector. The Constant Search for Carbon Emission Reduction Has Led Renewable Companies to Bet on Energy Sources That Are on the Technological Frontier.

On Tuesday, (07/13), it was announced that more and more companies are seeking to invest in energies that are on the technological frontier, such as offshore wind farms and green hydrogen. The new renewable energies are attracting major companies in the sector that are struggling with the relentless pursuit of carbon emission reduction.

Brazil Plans for Green Hydrogen to Be Truly Renewable

According to Rui Altieri, president of the Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE), the agency plans to launch a certification in 2022 that aims to ensure that green hydrogen is truly green, meaning truly sustainable. Currently, hydrogen is already being used, but it is still produced from fossil fuels, generating CO2 emissions. “Green hydrogen is the focus of the energy transition,” Rui stated.

Thus, the expectation is that the green version will be obtained from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric. Currently, the most analyzed process for large-scale production is through electrolysis, which consists of passing an electric current through water to separate oxygen from hydrogen. However, the high electrical demand required for electrolysis is one of the hurdles in the path to green hydrogen production.

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Electrolysis Process in Brazil

In Brazil, the Engie Transmission Consortium has a memorandum of understanding signed with the government of Ceará for a project at an electrolysis plant in the Pecém port terminal area, with a capacity between 100 MW and 150 MW, which will assist in the production process of green hydrogen. It is necessary to know that the size of the electrical load indicates the amount of energy that will be applied to break the water molecule and release hydrogen.

In this sense, the CEO of Engie in Brazil, Maurício Stolle Bähr, states that the group aims to develop 4 GW of installed green hydrogen capacity by 2030, and that Brazil should contribute with at least 1 GW.

Additionally, Shell also sees the potential of green hydrogen within its strategy for transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Therefore, the company has entered into an agreement with the Port of Açu (RJ) for the construction of a plant similar to Engie’s. The unit is expected to be completed by 2025 and will have a capacity of 10 MW.

“The development of these projects is an opportunity to meet the growing energy demand in the country, diversify the energy matrix, and meet our global carbon emission reduction goals,” Bähr stated, reminding that the company intends to become carbon neutral by 2045. The expectation is that projects in Brazil will begin operation before 2030, with estimated investments ranging from R$ 13 billion to R$ 16 billion.

Offshore Wind Farm And Green Hydrogen Attract Attention From Some Energy Companies

Green Hydrogen and Offshore Wind Farms Are Reasons for Attention in the Renewable Energy Sector. The Constant Search for Carbon Emission Reduction Has Led Renewable Companies to Bet on Energy Sources That Are on the Technological Frontier.

Brazil Plans for Green Hydrogen to Be Truly Renewable

Electrolysis Process in Brazil

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Offshore Wind Farm And Green Hydrogen Attract Attention From Some Energy Companies

Green Hydrogen and Offshore Wind Farms Are Reasons for Attention in the Renewable Energy Sector. The Constant Search for Carbon Emission Reduction Has Led Renewable Companies to Bet on Energy Sources That Are on the Technological Frontier.

Brazil Plans for Green Hydrogen to Be Truly Renewable

Electrolysis Process in Brazil

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

A giant brown band visible from space, approximately 8,850 kilometers long, connected Africa to America in the Atlantic Ocean, and satellites revealed that it is neither land nor pollution, but the largest accumulation of seaweed in the world, which broke records in 2025.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

In just one cast, fishermen are surprised to capture 14,096 mullets in Bombinhas and close a historic season with 58,000 fish; scene recorded in the Santa Catarina paradise marks the last day of the 2026 season.

Consumers eat six times more chicken than in the 1960s, global meat supply quadruples in 60 years, and FAO report reveals the invisible cost on the plate: livestock could drive 80% of the increase in agricultural emissions over the next decade.

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African country mobilizes students, public servants, and religious communities in a giant task force, plants 350 million trees in just 12 hours, surpasses world record, and now aims for 50 billion seedlings by 2026 to restore forests that have shrunk from 35% to just 4% of the territory.