Enel Green Power Chile and HIF Chile have filed an environmental impact study (EIS) for the 325 MW Faro del Sur wind project, located in Magallanes, the southernmost region of Chile. The project will require an investment of US$500m and will involve the installation of 65 turbines, as well as a 12 km-long, 33-kV underground transmission line. Once the Environmental Qualification Resolution is obtained, construction of the wind park is expected to take about two years.
The project should provide energy for a future green hydrogen-based e-fuels plant that HIF Chile plan to build in the Cabo Negro industrial zone in the city of Punta Arenas (Chilean Antarctica). HIF’s e-fuels plant would rely on 240 MW of wind-powered electrolysers for green hydrogen and recycled CO2 to produce clean fuels. The HIF Chile and Enel Green Power proposal secured US$17m in state funding from the Chilean government in late 2021, in a tender for projects that promote production and use of green hydrogen.
Chile targets 5 GW of electrolysis capacity operating and under development by 2025, and 25 GW by 2030. The country aims at producing the most cost-efficient green hydrogen and becoming a major exporter by 2030. Chile’s wind capacity reached 2.5 GW at end-2020, accounting for 8% of the total capacity.
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