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HIF Cabo Negro

Punta Arenas, Chile

About

The Cabo Negro e-Fuel facility has a production capacity of 175,000 tons/year of e-Methanol that can be totally or partially converted to e-Gasoline and e-LG, reaching a maximum production of 70,000 tons/year of e-Gasoline and 8,030 tons/year of e-LG. The facility will be powered by renewable energy from the Faro del Sur wind park (372 MW).

The wind park will have a 3D radar-assisted detention system, and it includes a 110 kV underground transmission line, which will be located between km 36 and 26.5 of Route 9 north in the Cabo Negro industrial sector.

HIF Cabo Negro considers using CO₂ from three alternative sources: biomass conversion, direct air capture and other industrial sources.

About Cabo Negro

Project updates

  • Environmental permits submitted 4Q2023
  • Pre-FEED completed. FEED started 1Q2024
  • Commercial agreement with chilean national petroleum company ENAP to accelerate the development of e-Fuels in Chile
  • HoA signed with Mabanaft and LOI’s with Uniper & eFuel GmbH
  • Early Citizen Participation (known as PACAs in Spanish) in 2022 and 2023 before submitting the environmental impact studies
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Key facts

175,000 tons/year e-Methanol production

215,000 tons/year CO₂ recycled

287 MW electrolyzer capacity

~900 jobs during construction and ~400 direct jobs during operations

US $ 1.3 billion to be invested

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