Green hydrogen to be produced at 1-GW wind, solar complex in Brazil

Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte state government announced on Thursday it held a meeting with two European investors interested in adding green hydrogen production to a project for a 1,043.5-MW wind and solar hybrid complex in the northeastern state.

The meeting was attended by Jorge Carneiro, CEO of financial consultancy provider F9, and Miguel Morgado, CEO of Eurosolar. The government will start the legal procedures for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise the agreement.

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Located in Areia Branca municipality, the hybrid complex is being developed by local company Maturati. It will feature a 231-MW wind park and an 812.5-MW solar plant. The investors are looking to add green hydrogen production to cater to demand in the domestic and international markets.

Earlier this week, Rio Grande do Norte's governor Fatima Bezerra signed an MoU with Enerfin do Brasil, the Brazil-based renewables subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure builder Elecnor SA (BME:ENO), to collaborate on a green hydrogen pilot project. On the same day, Bezerra also presented the state’s green hydrogen programme to EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI:EDPR).