Launch project to develop Green Hydrogen in Chile
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Launch project to develop Green Hydrogen in La Araucanía, Chile

The initiative aims to boost the socio-economic growth of this region, as well as the research of this element and its uses in productive sectors.

Promoting socioeconomic growth in Araucanía through the use of green hydrogen technologies, in addition to enhancing human capital and developing financing strategies to capitalize on regional potential and global sustainability agendas, are the objectives of the Public Good project, which is co-financed by Corfo, managed by the Social Development Corporation of the Rural Sector (Codesser), and co-executed -on the technical part- by the CES 4.0 project of the University of Talca.

The idea is to empower the agroforestry and productive sectors of the Araucanía Region with Green Hydrogen, as a path to Sustainable Development.

The initiative was launched in Temuco, where two talks were held that outlined the objectives and planning of the work that will specifically focus on green hydrogen in the region.

The following saying: "Empowering the Agroforestry and Productive sectors with Green Hydrogen: A Path to Sustainable Development in the Araucanía Region - Chile" was the presentation developed by Ernesto Santibáñez, scientific director of Public Good, and academic at the University of Talca, who proposed that, "this initiative addresses the systemic barriers and seeks to establish a robust green hydrogen ecosystem tailored to the unique needs of sectors such as agroforestry, and also to meet other requirements of Araucanía such as, for example, household heating and the use of green hydrogen as a source of energy reserve".


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"By promoting human capital, involving stakeholders, developing supportive policies, and identifying potential investment projects, this initiative promises significant socio-economic growth with respect to the environment, but also with technological advancements for the region," he added.

The project features the participation of PhD Rene Bañares-Alcántara, an academic and researcher from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, who presented on "Challenges in the production and use of green hydrogen and ammonia".

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"It's a very interesting issue precisely because of the agroforestry applications. Ammonia, even before being used as marine fuel, I believe it should be used as a fertilizer. I recently read that in Latin America 95% of fertilizers are imported. In the case of Chile, I understand that there are not enough fossil fuels, which greatly increases the cost of fertilizer production. And green hydrogen and ammonia can be produced with air, water, sun and wind, basically other renewable energies," he explained.

For the development of the project, there is a multidisciplinary team of researchers from different countries collaborating. In charge of the Initiative is the team from the Circular Economy and Sustainability 4.0 (CES 4.0) from the University of Talca, led by academic Ernesto Santibáñez who works alongside professors Carlos Villalobos and Cristian Vidal.

Relevance for Development

Eduardo Figueroa, director of Corfo Araucanía, stated that this project is born as a way to advance and support the work that we have been jointly developing on a Green Hydrogen Roundtable in this region, where we are participating from the public institutional framework, the academic sector, and the private sector, in order to boost the energy transition of Araucanía focusing on productive development, especially in being able to jointly evaluate a roadmap, starting from the gaps we have today.

On his part, the Regional Ministerial Secretary of Energy, Camilo Villagrán, stated that "our strategy is not focused on the export of green hydrogen. On the contrary, we want to develop, generate and produce hydrogen and its derivatives, but with a focus on local demand. And as our region is deeply agricultural and forestry, we want to focus on those uses in order to decarbonize our productive sector and also to create a larger number of sustainable jobs. Why? To generate inclusive development and sustainable development."