Trade body ApexBrasil has announced an estimated investment of €2bn ($2.4bn) in a prospective 80,000-tonne-per-year (tpa) green hydrogen plant in Brazil, set to involve a consortium of Brazilian and German majors.
The cash injection – made jointly by Brazil Green Energy (BGE) and German-based Green Investors (GI) – will support the Morro Pintado project, which aims to deploy 1.4GW of solar and wind energy to produce green hydrogen and derivatives like ammonia and e-methanol.
Morro Pintado will involve players including chemical engineering firm Thyssenkrupp Uhde, technology major Siemens, engineering company Andritz, and German rail operator Deutsche Bahn.
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