Ceará - Green Hydrogen House

Green Hydrogen Hub: Pecém Industrial Complex Drives Sustainable Energy Transition with Export to Europe and Regional Market Development

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LEAD DEVELOPER

The Pecém Port and Industrial Complex is developing the projects with various private investors.

PROJECT PARTNERS

Casa dos Ventos/Total Energy, Fortescue Future Industries, AES Brazil, EDP, Cactus Energia Verde, Voltalia

STOLT Havens, Advario/Oil Tanking Brazil, Port of Rotterdam, Consortium of companies

Export to Europe through the Port of Rotterdam, Industries in the Industrial area, public transport.

MAIN POLITICAL SPONSORS

State Government of Ceará, Port of Rotterdam, Federation of Industries, Universities, World Bank, IMF, BNDS.

MAIN LOCATION

Brazil

OTHER LOCATIONS

Project details

H2 PRODUCTION VOLUME

[T/year]:

5,000,000

INVESTMENT VOLUME

[M€]:

6,000.00

FUNDING

VALUE CHAIN COVERAGE

PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCING

Electricity from solar PV
Electricity from onshore wind
Electricity from offshore wind
Hydropower

H2 PRODUCTION

Water electrolysis with ALK electrolyser

H2 STORAGE

Other

H2 TRANSPORT

Pipeline - Ammonia
Ship - Ammonia

H2 DISTRIBUTION FOR MOBILITY

END USES

MOBILITY

Buses
Trucks
Forklifts
Trains
Ships

ENERGY

Hydrogen supply to gas-fired power plants

INDUSTRIAL FEEDSTOCK

Supply to chemical industry (e.g. fertilizer production)
Supply to steel industry
Supply to other industries

Project timeline

CURRENT STATUS:

pre-FID (planning, engineering, de-risking, etc.)

2014

2021

Start of project development

2028

Project finalization

2035

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE

Business model/business case development
Cooperation in the production and export supply chain (H2Gether)
Permitting and authorization procedures
Cooperation between government and licencing agencies.
Political backing and buy-in
Governmental bilateral relationship BR-NL-DE, Main shareholders being the Port of Rotterdam and the State of Ceará, support federal government.
Funding
Several financing institutions funding studies and allocated larger sums. Involvement of the World Bank, IMF, BNDS, Invest International.
Experienced staff
Strong cooperation between investing companies, port authority project team, Port of Rotterdam project teams.
Local public acceptance
Preliminary licences for project developments were presented to the public and approved.
Project's business case
Direct link to the large EU offtake market for green hydrogen via the Port of Rotterdam. With that the Supply Chain is secured upto the offtake markets.
Stakeholder cooperation
Strong input of the shareholders being the Port of Rotterdam and the State of Ceará. Close cooperation with investing companies!
Risk sharing mechanisms between project partners
Common user infrastructure, reducing and sharing investment risks. Shared developing of Supply Chain to offtake market Europe via Rotterdam. (H2Gether)
Project's governance model
Private company, with shareholders being the Port of Rotterdam and the State of Ceará gives an excellent sustainable long term investing climate.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCING PHASE

Building a financial model

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