Brazil’s Ceará state government on Oct. 25 reported that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with São Paulo-based engineering firm GoVerde Energia & Apollo Asset, with the aim to produce solar energy and green ammonia at the port of Pecem.
The $597.6 million project will be implemented in the state’s Pecem Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP), which the government plans to turn into a green hydrogen hub. GoVerde’s New Business Director, Ricardo Junqueira, estimates that the planned facility will be capable of producing 40 mt/d of green ammonia in the first phase of the project, with another 250 mt/d in the second and another 200 mt/d in the third phase.
Another major green project was announced for CIPP in February. Casa dos Ventos, São Paulo, a renewable energy company, and Comerc Eficiência, an energy efficiency company of the Comerc Energia Group, São Paulo, on Feb. 2 announced a partnership with the TransHydrogen Alliance (THA), whose objective is to create new supply chains for the energy transition of European countries (GM Feb. 10, p. 30).
The parties signed an MOU to jointly develop a viable partnership targeting production of the first phase for export to Europe through the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 2026. Casa and Comerc said they had already signed a pre-contract with CIPP.
The plant is to be built on a 60-hectare site with a capacity of up to 2.4 GW of electrolysis, producing 960 mt/d of hydrogen. When all phases are implemented, green ammonia production of 2.2 million mt/y is expected.