Chinese electrolyser manufacturer Hygreen Energy has been selected by Chile’s state-owned Production Development Corporation (Corfo) to establish a local production facility in the country.
Hygreen has been selected alongside Spanish and Chinese electrolyser producers Joltech Solutions and Guofu to receive a share of a $25.6m funding package. Chilean development agency Corfo believes the three projects could collectively attract more than $50m in additional investment.
Two of the three electrolyser plants will be built in the Biobío region, and the third in the Metropolitan region. Hygreen’s BioBío H2V project in particular will reportedly assemble alkaline electrolysers with 2.5MW and 5MW capacities.
Construction and implementation of the BioBío factory will be executed in multiple phases over five years, with operations expected to begin in 2026.
