A proposed 10MW hydrogen project at Chile’s Quintero LNG import terminal will produce 500t/yr of green hydrogen from 2025.

The $30mn development—the result of a collaboration between infrastructure firms Enagas and Acciona and terminal operator GNL Quintero—will be connected to the national grid and export green hydrogen to third parties.

Renewable energy will be supplied by Acciona, which already operates a number of renewable power assets in Chile.

500t/yr – Proposed production of the project

“We have the necessary strengths to turn this project into the launch pad for green hydrogen production in Chile,” says Jose Ignacio Escobar, general manager of Acciona’s South American operations.

Enagas and Acciona are building Spain’s first green hydrogen plant in Mallorca. The Green Hysland project will produce 300t/yr of the fuel from 2023.

Chile advances hydrogen strategy

Chile presented its National Green Hydrogen Strategy last November, with the goal of the country becoming a leading exporter of green hydrogen.

The three core goals of the strategy are to reach 5GW of electrolysis capacity by 2025, produce the world's cheapest green hydrogen by 2030 and make the country one of the top three exporters of the fuel by 2040.

A number of projects have started to materialise in recent months, including the proposed 1mn t/yr HNH development, a partnership between Austrian renewables developers Austria Energy and Oekowind.

A study carried out by the Chilean Solar and Energy Innovation Committee estimates that green hydrogen could be produced for $2.2/kg currently and $1.67/kg by 2025.

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Author: Tom Young