Neuman & Esser will be in charge of developing said infrastructure, which would be operational by the end of 2025.
The National Petroleum Company of Chile (ENAP) announced that the German company Neuman & Esser will be in charge of building the plant where the state corporation will produce green hydrogen, projected to begin production in 2025.
In January 2023, the company had already announced the start of its own green hydrogen project in the Cabo Negro complex, in Magallanes.
The plant will be powered by the Vientos Patagónico wind farm, of which ENAP is the majority partner, and will have a capacity of 1 MW (1,000 kW), which will be used for vehicle charging stations and to power the furnace of the plant. fractionation in Cabo Negro, among other applications.
With the construction of this plant, ENAP hopes to generate knowledge and experience in the production and use of this energy in the Magallanes region, as part of its strategy for the development of new fuels.
The German company Neuman & Esser was awarded the bidding process for the project, which considers electrolysis, storage, a charging station and a detailed training plan for company workers, among others.
The general manager of ENAP, Julio Friedmann, highlighted that “ENAP will be the first company to produce green hydrogen as a final product in Magallanes, and it is an important step in the objective that we have set for ourselves of being the most relevant actor to accelerate the energy transition. in our country, through the continuous development of better fuels.”
“We at Neumann& Esser, as global experts in the hydrogen value chain, see ENAP's pioneering spirit and the technological complexity of this important and challenging project as highlights. Aligned with global decarbonization policies, ENAP's strategic vision promotes national self-consumption and contributes to the development of the green hydrogen economy in Chile, complementing the country's objective of being an exporter of this sustainable energy vector," indicated the managing director of Neuman & Esser, Marcelo Veneros.
