Chile: Santiago airport seeks to incorporate green hydrogen into its operations
Arturo Merino Benitez airport in Santiago, Chile, announced Tuesday that it seeks to become the first in Latin America to incorporate green hydrogen into its operations, as part of the global fight against the climate crisis and the decarbonization of the planet.
The company that manages the terminal, Nuevo Pudahuel, informed that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the companies Air Liquide, Colbún and Copec to incorporate this carbon-free fuel to the operations of the main airport of Chile.
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The Chilean Minister of Public Works, Juan Carlos García, said that this public-private partnership puts Chile “at the forefront in Latin America” and that the government is committed to “moving towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly mobility systems”.
“As a concessionaire we have a commitment to the State of Chile. We recently delivered a new terminal and we are promoting its use with new routes and new airlines, but we must innovate and make sure we grow while taking care of the environment,” said Xavier Lortat-Jacob, general manager of Nuevo Pudahuel.
The project includes the construction by Air Liquide of “an electrolyzer for the production of green hydrogen” and the supply of renewable energy by Colbún, EFE reported.
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This, Nuevo Pudahuel explained in a statement, “will come both from photovoltaic panels that Colbún will install and operate at the airport, as well as from its various renewable energy plants”.
Chile is one of the pioneering countries in the promotion of green hydrogen, which is known as “the fuel of the future” because it is a powerful source of energy that could replace fossil fuels.
So far it has not been used massively because of its costly production – its atoms have to be isolated through a process called electrolysis – although more and more countries are trying to make the process cheaper.
Arturo Merino Benítez airport inaugurated its new terminal last March, which has allowed it to increase its capacity from 13 to 38 million passengers a year.
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