Enap is currently promoting a portfolio of projects to increase the capacity of the Cabo Negro de Magallanes industrial complex and facilitate the import of equipment related to the green fuel industry.
Chilean oil company Enap and French state-owned electricity company EDF have signed a collaboration agreement to begin studies to allow the use of the Cabo Negro industrial complex in Magallanes, facilitating the European company's eventual export of around 400,000 tons of ammonia per year, among other by-products associated with the EDF project under development.
Cabo Negro is located 28 kilometers from Punta Arenas, in the commune of Río Verde, and has port facilities, oil pipelines and key equipment for the treatment and distribution of fuels in the country.
Enap is currently promoting a portfolio of projects to increase the capacities of the industrial complex and facilitate the import of equipment related to the green fuel industry.
The strong winds in the area - ideal for the development of wind energy projects - and Cabo Negro's strategic position for global maritime trade, "represent unique advantages for the development of the green hydrogen (H2v) industry and its derived products, such as green ammonia."
EDF is also developing a hydrogen production project in Magallanes, and is considering using external ports to move equipment and products.
"KEY ROLE IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION"
Gloria Maldonado, president of the board of directors of Enap, commented that they have “the firm conviction that public-private work is the most realistic and possible way to facilitate the development of sustainable industry in the Magallanes region” and that in this process, “Enap has a key natural role.”
“We have material assets, infrastructure, investment and installed human capabilities that make an important and competitive difference when it comes to thinking about an ecosystem of opportunities and challenges that strengthens our country at a global level, protecting and respecting the environment in a region as important as this one,” he said.
For his part, EDF Chile CEO Joan Leal said that this strategic alliance, based on the use of shared infrastructure, “is key to building a sustainable and competitive industry in the sector.”
“Both Enap and EDF, as French state-owned companies, share the commitment to transform Magallanes' potential into a driving force for the country's and the world's energy transition,” he added.
Finally, Enap's general manager, Julio Friedmann, stated that the local state-owned company has "the installed technical capacity and the knowledge of our teams to achieve the goals that the country has set in terms of decarbonization."
