The partnership entails cooperation between the companies to assess the feasibility of renewable hydrogen production in Brazil, aiming to promote decarbonization in the steel industry’s industrial processes.
Eletrobras, the foremost electric power company in Latin America, and Paul Wurth, a brand of the SMS group, officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the renewable hydrogen (H2) production and use in industrial processes in Brazil.
A 10 MW plant for green H2 and O2 production will be realized in the neighbourhood of a steel plant and the studies for installation are expected to conclude in one year. Once completed, the plant’s capacity will be 37 times greater than Eletrobras’ Renewable Hydrogen Technology Development and Demonstration Platform located at the Itumbiara Hydroelectric Power Plant, on the border between Minas Gerais and Goiás.
The partnership forged between Eletrobras and the SMS group embodies the synergy between the strengths of both entities. Eletrobras, renowned for its expertise in clean electricity generation with 97 percent of green energy matrix, joins forces with the solid 150-year track record of the SMS group, specialized in providing solutions for the metals industry.
Courtesy of SMS Group.