Green hydrogen power facility proposed for Brazil

A proposed green hydrogen project in Brazil could be the largest in the world if feasibility studies support development, Kansas City-based engineering firm Black & Veatch said March 18.

Enegix Energy, a clean-energy company with global offices in Singapore, Australia and Brazil, is working toward the development of its Base One hydrogen project in northeast Brazil. The company expects the project would be able to provide a clean source of energy with zero carbon emissions.

Black & Veatch said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Enegix to conduct feasibility studies into the planned Base One facility. If built, the project would have the capacity to produce more than 600mn kg/yr of green hydrogen.

“Facilities such as the one proposed by Enegix are at the heart of making hydrogen a core component of a zero-carbon global economy, and our integrated approach places us in a unique position to contribute,” Gary Martin, a managing director for Black & Veatch’s oil and gas business, said.

The electrolysis facility used to split water could be powered by 3.4 GW of combined solar and onshore wind energy.

Enegix envisions a $5.4bn investment for development of the 500-hectare site in Brazil. Should feasibility studies support it, the parties involved said it could take three to four years to complete Base One.