The ambassador of the United Kingdom, George Hodgson, explained that Colombia is part of a fund supported by his country with more than US$6,200 million for new energies.
BOGOTA– Colombian state energy company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN), and its Brazilian counterpart Petrobras (PETR4.SA), Â should work together on developing green hydrogen, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday after meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The country, which currently consumes around 150 kilotonnes of hydrogen per year, is in a unique position to increase its production and become a major player in the global market.
In the Caribbean, especially in La Guajira, there is great potential to produce hydrogen from solar and wind energy. Germany wants to boost that industry to buy that fuel from the country. The initiative, which is just beginning, depends on resolving problems in environmental licensing and consultations with communities.
The German Cooperation Agency GIZ, together with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has presented the study entitled “Identification of Green H2 Hubs in Colombia,” as part of the implementation of the projects “Contribution to Green Hydrogen in Colombia” and “International Power-to-X Hub (PtX Hub).”
In 1987, a well digging for water in Bourakébougou, a town north of Bamako, the capital of Mali, turned up a strange deposit. It was a dry well, but it emitted a gas.
A study by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development points out that, to boost the global green hydrogen market, incentives and public policies that generate confidence among investors must be created. Currently, the major challenge in this fuel lies in its production cost.
The Ambassador of Colombia in Belgium, Jorge Rojas RodrÃguez, announced that significant entrepreneurs are considering the possibility of investing in infrastructure and clean energy in Colombia.
By the year 2030, Empresas Públicas de MedellÃn (EPM) plans to become a relevant player in the local green hydrogen market, as well as in the export segment.
Nine companies, including Ecopetrol, will be part of this pilot plan launched by Andi and Naturgas. We’ll tell you what it consists of.
