Hydrogen hub planned at Açu Port

The agreement will see Fuella build a green ammonia plant with a 520 MW capacity using the electrolysis process. The unit will have the potential to produce 400,000 tons of green ammonia per year for export through the Açu Liquid Terminal.

The chief executive of Prumo Logística, Rogério Zampronha, said the project was critical to helping ‘hard-to-abate’ sectors such as the steel industry and fertiliser chain reduce their carbon emissions.

“These hard-to-abate segments will inexorably require specific solutions such as the use of low-carbon hydrogen,” said Zampronha during a company event in São Paulo.

The Port of Açu had recently obtained the environmental licence to install the low-carbon hydrogen hub in an area of 1 million square metres, which was a crucial step in making the project viable.

Furthermore, in June of this year, Prumo signed a memorandum of understanding with Eletrobras to assess the feasibility of renewable hydrogen production projects and its derivatives.

This agreement covers not only the technical, environmental and financial feasibility of the plant, but also the possibility of using resources for research and development or public and private financing that encourage related projects.