Chile has set ambitious goals within the framework of its National Green Hydrogen Strategy. It foresees an electrolyzer capacity of five gigawatts (GW) by 2025, which will increase to 25 GW in 2030. Chile’s energy minister, Juan Carlos Jobet, says that the current administration’s goal is to produce “the cheapest hydrogen in the world. world “and make the country one of the main exporters of green hydrogen and its derivatives.
The Haru Oni project, in which the Gasco and ENAP companies also participate, takes advantage of the climatic conditions of the Magallanes province, in southern Chile, and a favorable regulation to produce wind energy.
The process consists of dividing the water into oxygen and green hydrogen using electrolyzers that work with wind energy. The carbon dioxide from the air is then filtered and combined with the green hydrogen to produce synthetic methanol, which in turn is converted into e-fuels.
“We are jointly developing and realizing the world’s first large-scale commercial and integrated plant to produce climate-neutral synthetic fuels,” said Armin Schnettler, Executive Vice President of New Energy Business at Siemens Energy.
Sports car maker Porsche is already in the testing phase with e-fuels, which it will use in its own combustion engine vehicles.
“This fits in with our clear global sustainability strategy. It means that Porsche as a whole will have a CO neutral balance.2 by 2030, ”said Michael Steiner, member of the Porsche AG Board of Management responsible for Research and Development.