Portugal edges closer to net-zero with €5.2m green hydrogen project

Portuguese renewables company Keme Energy is to invest €5.2 million to install a green hydrogen plant in the town of Sines, bringing the country closer to its target of net-zero by 2050.

In a statement, Keme said it would install "a green hydrogen production plant by photoelectrolysis, electrochemistry, compression and storage in PED bottles" in a former quarry at the Sines Industrial and Logistics Zone (ZILS) in the Setúbal region, south of the capital Lisbon.

The project, which will be implemented in two phases, aims to have a total capacity of 2.52 MW and an estimated production of 160 tonnes of green hydrogen per year.

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The first phase will have a 1.26 MW capacity with 80 tonnes of hydrogen production which will be used in industry and energy production. The second phase is set to double that figure.

The statement also said that if the pilot project is a success, it will be replicated in other locations across the country.

"The implementation of this project in ZILS means being close to a logistics platform of international scope with the capacity to receive relevant actors from the maritime-port, industrial and logistics sectors," said Keme Energy CEO, Miguel Matias.

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