The German company Neuman & Esser will be in charge of developing this infrastructure, which will be operational by the end of 2025.
Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap) announced that the German Neuman & Esser will be in charge of building the plant where the state-owned company will produce green hydrogen, projected to start production in 2025.
In January 2023, the company had already announced the start of its own green hydrogen project at the Cabo Negro complex in Magallanes.
The plant will be fed from the Vientos Patagónicas 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 for feeding the furnace of the fractionation plant 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 won the bidding process for the project, which considers electrolysis, storage, charging station, and a detailed training plan for company workers, among others.
The CEO of ENAP, Julio Friedmann, stressed 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 to be the most relevant actor to accelerate the energy transition in our country through the continuous development of better fuels."
“We at Neuman & Esser, as global experts in the hydrogen value chain see as highlights the pioneering spirit of ENAP and the technological complexity of this important and challenging project. 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 goal of being an exporter of this sustainable energy vector, "said the managing director of Neuman & Esser, Marcelo Veneroso.
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Enap is also leading a logistics infrastructure development plan for H2v and derivatives in the Magallanes region based on the reconfiguration and transformation of its current facilities and in partnership with various private actors.
At the beginning of 2023, Enap signed the agreement with Total Eren, HIF Chile, and HNH Energy for the reconfiguration ─of its Laredo Terminal─, which will enable the first phase of equipment imports for the development of this industry.
In the second half of 2023, ENAP announced a megaproject in San Gregorio for the development of a terminal for the import and export of H2v, and derivatives, in conjunction with Total Eren Chile, FreePower Group, HIF Chile, EDF Group, RWE, and HNH Energy, which involves an investment of around US$700 million.
In addition, the state-owned company is carrying out various studies for the development of renewable and low-carbon fuels in its refineries, as part of its energy transition plan.