ENGIE Energía Perú, one of the largest electricity generators in the country, and Industrias Cachimayo, a company dedicated to the manufacture of ammonium nitrate of the Enaex Group, signed an agreement on October 3, through which the generator will certify that 100% of the energy consumption for the operation of Industrias Cachimayo's ammonium nitrate plant comes from renewable sources.
All this will be done under REC certification (issued by The International REC Standard), making this plant the first hydrogen production with green certification in Peru. The signing of this agreement was part of the commitment of both companies to use energy from renewable sources in their production.
Although Industrias Cachimayo's production plant already has electrolyzers, the equipment necessary to extract hydrogen, this alliance will allow the Enaex Group to move towards a more ammonia-free production with green hydrogen and thus contribute to a greener mining industry.
“We are companies with common visions and with a great interest to continue promoting the production and distribution of green hydrogen in Peru and other countries. This is a first step, but we are defining different points of collaboration to facilitate access to this unique fuel that will be part of the future of different industries,” said Daniel Cámac, Deputy Country Manager of ENGIE in Peru.
It is important to mention that, in line with this agreement, ENGIE is one of the driving forces behind green hydrogen worldwide, as this is one of the indispensable fuels in the energy transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
The Enaex Group, a supplier of blasting services for the mining and industrial sector, aims to reduce its emissions and move its operations towards a sustainable future.
It should be noted that Industrias Cachimayo is currently working on the modernization of its plant in order to ensure the operational continuity of its complex located in the Cusco region.
“As Enaex Group we defined several years ago a clear and powerful purpose: to humanize mining. The production of green hydrogen is a great first step and a concrete action with a lot of strategic sense around our sustainability program, this will also leverage a set of projects and initiatives that are already under development not only in Peru but globally,” said Rodrigo Pastor, Country Manager of ENAEX in Peru.
About green hydrogen
Green hydrogen is one of the most rapidly developing renewable fuels. It is versatile, efficient and renewable. It is presented as a solution for large industries that require high amounts of energy and at the same time seek to be environmentally friendly and economically profitable.
One of the best known ways to obtain it is the electrolysis process, through which water is decomposed to obtain oxygen and hydrogen. The oxygen is released into the environment without contamination, and the hydrogen is stored for use as fuel in different industrial processes. For the hydrogen to be 100% green, only renewable energy can be used in the extraction process.
Ammonium nitrate is an inorganic chemical that, among its various uses, is used in the manufacture of explosives. The production of ammonium nitrate requires the neutralization of ammonia with nitric acid. In turn, the production of ammonia requires hydrogen as its main input. One way to obtain environmentally friendly ammonia is to use hydrogen from the electrolysis of water powered by renewable energy.
