Mapeamento do mercado de hidrogênio verde no estado do Ceará

Abstract

With the escalation of the greenhouse effect and the imminent global climate threat, the search for sustainable alternatives to replace fóssil fuels and promote the energy transition became a priority, boosting the need for innovation and international collaboration to face the environmental challenges and achieve a more sustainable future. The Green Hydrogen (GH2) is considered as na important alternative to help achieving the decarbonization goals of the global energy matrix, given the variety of applications of the gas in different sectors, making it possible to reduce greenhouse gases emissions. Due to this scenario, countries all over the world signed agreements and established decarbonization goals. Many of these countries, however, don’t have favorable conditions to renewable generation, they will position themselves as clean energy importers. While other regions will position themselves as exporters, creating a global market for this resource. Ceará is a strategic state for developing the GH2 production chain and has potential to become na important producer and exporter in this market, because it has environmental and geographical characteristics that guarantee it an advantage over other regions, besides having na electrical matrix with prevailing of renewable energy sources.The state also has been adopting a series of measures to create and strengthen its GH2 market: released the first GH2 HUB in Brazil and it is the brazilian state with the highest number of GH2 projects announced. Because of this, it was chosen as the object of study for this work, which aims to characterize the GH2 market in Ceará, identify its main players and analyze its potential and challenges to be overcome. This study details which characteristics make Ceará one of the highest bets for investors all over the world, which initiatives are being taken by the government to welcome and encourage this market and who are the players and what roles they will play in this scenario.