Study maps regions with greatest potential for green hydrogen production and use in Brazil
In Brazil, Brazil Energy Insight reported that a study analyzing data from thousands of Brazilian municipalities identified regions with the greatest potential for the production and use of green hydrogen.
The research shows that the country has favorable conditions for developing this new energy chain, but also reveals a significant challenge: the main production and consumption locations do not geographically coincide, which will require significant investments in transportation and distribution infrastructure, according to the report.
The work was developed at the Research Center for Innovation in Greenhouse Gases (RCGI), one of the Applied Research Centers (CPAs) of FAPESP, based at the University of São Paulo (USP), in partnership with Shell Brazil and with support from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP).
To map the development potential of this technology in Brazil, researchers gathered data from 5,569 municipalities to assess production potential and from 2,569 municipalities to estimate industrial consumption potential. The analysis considered six main variables: geographic location of the municipalities, proximity to energy infrastructure (electricity grid, gas pipelines, and ports), industrial CO2 emissions, water security index, solar incidence, and average wind speed, the report added.
The results showed the existence of seven clusters with high potential for green hydrogen production and ten with greater potential for industrial consumption. The Northeast appears as the region with the greatest potential production capacity, thanks to the combination of high solar and wind energy resources. Consumption clusters, however, are concentrated mainly in the South and Southeast regions, which house a large part of Brazil’s industrial park and register high levels of industrial emissions, according to the report.
Category: Hydrogen
