Following the environmental plans of Groupe ADP and VINCI Airports, Nuevo Pudahuel has taken the first step to ensure that Santiago Airport, Arturo Merino BenÃtez, becomes the first in Latin America to incorporate the use of hydrogen in its operations.
Together with a group of leading energy companies (Air Liquide, Copec and Colbún), the concessionaire signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on a plan to incorporate this carbon-free fuel into the operations of the main airport in Chile.
Nuevo Pudahuel’s shareholders, Groupe ADP and VINCI Airports, have taken the initiative in promoting this energy worldwide, with first developments in France and South Korea.
The agreement to study the possibility of turning Santiago into a hydrogen hub was signed by the highest representatives of Nuevo Pudahuel, Air Liquide, Colbún and Copec in an act that included the participation of the Ministers of Public Works, Juan Carlos GarcÃa; Transport and Telecommunications, Juan Carlos Muñoz; of Science and Technology, Flavio Salazar, the Undersecretary of Energy, Julio Maturana; the Ambassador of France in Chile, Pascal Teixeira da Silva; and the Vice President of CORFO, José Miguel Benavente, marking the beginning of an alliance to implement hydrogen in a pioneering manner at the Santiago Airport.
The complementary experience and expertise of each of the local companies will bring together all the necessary elements to establish a more sustainable ecosystem within the Arturo Merino BenÃtez airport complex.
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