Ceará - Green Hydrogen House

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

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

PROJECT PARTNERS

NexWay, Fortescue, AES Brazil, EDP, Galp, Cactus Energia Verde
Proton Ventures, STOLT Havens, Consortium of companies
Export to the Port of Rotterdam, Industries in the Industrial area.

MAIN POLITICAL SPONSORS

State Government, Port of Rotterdam, Local Industrial Federation, Universities, Financing Institutions.

MAIN LOCATION

Brazil

OTHER LOCATIONS

No

Project details

H2 PRODUCTION VOLUME

[T/year]:

2,000,000

INVESTMENT VOLUME

N.A.

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 PEM electrolyser
  • Water electrolysis with ALK electrolyser

H2 STORAGE

    H2 TRANSPORT

    • Pipeline - Ammonia
    • Ship - Ammonia

    H2 DISTRIBUTION FOR MOBILITY

    END USES

    MOBILITY

    • Buses
    • Trucks
    • Forklifts
    • Trains

    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

    Start of project development

    Project finalization

    2035


    KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

    PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE

    • Permitting and authorization procedures

    • Political backing and buy-in

      Governmental bilateral relationship BR-NL-DE, Main shareholders being the Port of Rotterdam and the State of Ceará.

    • Experienced staff

      Strong cooperation between investing companies, port authority project team, Port of Rotterdam project teams.

    • 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

      Planning for common user infrastructure, reducing and sharing investments. Shared Supply Chain to offtake market Europe via Rotterdam.

    • 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

    N.A.

    N.A.: Not available. This is possible due to two reasons: a) the Hydrogen Valley chose to not publicly display the data or b) the Hydrogen Valley did not answer the specific question in the associated survey.
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