He Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM) selected the first enterprise that will use green hydrogen as energetic in Uruguay, which will receive 10 million non-reimbursable dollars to carry out the energy transition project.
He Green Hydrogen Sector Fundco-organized by MIEM, the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU) and the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)they selected the project H24U as the winner of the open call in 2022 to choose the first user of this energy element in the country, through financing and support for its development, production and use.
The winning undertaking, carried out by the consortium made up of the companies saceem and CIR, will receive $10 million non-refundable over a period of 10 years. The group will be responsible for executing a venture that incorporates green hydrogen development and production technology; For this, a investment of 43,500,000 dollars. With the initiative, it seeks to lay the foundations to advance in one of the pillars of the second energy transition in Uruguay.
What is H24U about?
The H24U project will implement a charging system powered by green hydrogen as main energy.
In a first instance, they will adapt forest cargo transfer trucks to use the product as an energy source. Currently, these vehicles consume 28% of the demand, according to the National Energy Balance 2021and is supplied almost entirely with petroleum derivatives.
Second, it studies the possible injection of green hydrogen into the Paysandú natural gas networktogether with the company Connect. This would allow evaluating the subsequent incorporation on a larger scale, to progressively decarbonise all of them.
The Green Hydrogen Sector Fund was carried out in two stages: first, a call for profiles, and then, a full presentation of commercial projects. A technical committee, made up of representatives of the academic sector, MIEM technicians and specialists in the field of Netherlands and Germany, evaluated the proposals and recommended the selected one.
Source: Ambito
