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The green hydrogen plant will be built at the Quintero terminal (Photo: McDermott International)

Enagas, Acciona Energía, GNL Quintero

team up for green hydrogen project

TWO Spanish companies are looking to build for the future and takes account of our experi-
a green hydrogen production facility at Chile’s ence as an infrastructure company,” he said. “We
Quintero LNG import terminal. One of the are convinced that Chile has unique competitive
companies is Enagas, which owns a 45.4% stake qualities that will allow it to play a key role in the
in the terminal’s operator GNL Quintero, and development of green hydrogen, so our com-
the other is Acciona Energía, a subsidiary of mitment to the project is at a maximum.”
Acciona. Meanwhile, José Ignacio Escobar, Acciona
According to a statement from Enagas, the Energía’s director-general for South Amer-
parties have joined forces for the project, which ica, expressed similar enthusiasm. “We are
envisions the construction of a hydrolysis facil- very excited about the joint work we are doing
ity at the LNG terminal at a cost of $30mn. through this project,” he commented. “We have
The hydrolysis plant will use electricity gener- the necessary strengths to turn this project into
ated from renewable sources to generate green a spearhead for launching green hydrogen pro-
hydrogen at the initial rate of about 500 tonnes duction in Chile, [and] we will contribute our
per year (tpy). Its power unit will have a gener- international experience in the production of
ating capacity of 10 MW. sustainable energy and in the development of
Enagas said that the hydrolysis plant might resilient infrastructure.”
increase production later, as demand for hydro- For his part, Antonio Bacigalupo, the gen-
gen fuel rises. The project will provide Chile eral manager of GNL Quintero, emphasised
with an alternative source of fuel and energy that the contributions the partners could make to
does not contribute to carbon dioxide (CO2) decarbonisation. “Today, to face the challenge of
emissions and support environmental remedi- decarbonising the energy mix, we put our expe-
ation efforts in Puchuncaví and Quintero, two rience with LNG and operational knowledge at
towns in the central Valparaíso region, it stated. the disposal of this new green hydrogen project
It is also in line with the Chilean government’s ... GNL Quintero’s operation is recognised for
National Green Hydrogen Strategy, it added. its commitment to sustainability, maintaining
The Spanish company did not say when work high environmental standards and community
might begin on the hydrolysis plant. development, and we believe that this initia-
José Antonio de las Heras, Enagas’ country tive offers Quintero and Puchuncaví a chance
manager in Chile, stressed his company’s deter- to make progress toward solving the environ-
mination to invest in low-carbon energy initia- mental challenges of the area, to ensure that
tives. “This project means taking a further step Quintero Bay can continue to contribute to the
in our commitment to renewable gases (green development of the country from a sustainable
hydrogen and biomethane) as an energy source perspective. ™

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