Representatives from European companies including Engie, Total, Enel, Siemens, RWE, Austria Energy, Linde and Statkraft, alongside the main Chilean sector actors, will spend five days with a delegation headed by the Port of Rotterdam and visit major pilot projects in the north and south of Chile. H2 Mission, organised by the Chilean Ministry of Energy and the Port of Rotterdam with support from the Dutch and Chilean embassies and ProChile, is a valuable opportunity to build synergies and design solutions centring on the green hydrogen supply chain between Chile and Europe. Issues addressed will include certification, regulations, trade, technologies, human capital and infrastructure development.
The Netherlands and Chile have been working together to create a corridor to export hydrogen generated from renewable energy in Chile and distribute it efficiently throughout Europe from the Port of Rotterdam. With the H2 Mission event, the two countries are providing all their European and Chilean allies with a platform to work together towards a common goal.
Thanks to one of the highest levels of solar radiation on the planet and onshore winds that rival the offshore potential of other parts of the world, Chile possesses the natural conditions needed to produce over 1800 GW of renewable energy, equivalent to 75 times the country's national energy needs. To develop this export potential, Chile launched its National Green Hydrogen Strategy in 2020. The strategy is a roadmap to achieving the goal the country has set for 2030: to become the global leader in hydrogen production by electrolysis and produce the world's cheapest green hydrogen, coming in at under US$1.5/kg of hydrogen.
The Port of Rotterdam, one of Europe's largest industrial complexes and the gateway for approximately 13% of total energy used in Europe, is one of the drivers of the Dutch National Hydrogen Strategy. The aim is to maintain the country's logistics leadership and position it as the main European platform for importing low-carbon fuels.
