Santiago de Chile Airport will use green hydrogen in its vehicles from 2025
From 2025, Santiago de Chile Airport will become the first in Latin America to use green hydrogen in its land operations, with the idea of receiving zero CO2 emission aircraft by 2035.
With the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Chilean companies Colbún, Copec and the Nuevo Pudahuel airport concessionaire, and the French companies Air Liquide, Groupe ADP and Vinci Airports, the Santiago terminal will have its own production of green hydrogen for the operation of its vehicles.
Santiago's international airport "is at the forefront as the first air terminal in Latin America to want to implement green hydrogen in its airport operations," said the general manager of the Nuevo Pudahuel airport concessionaire, Xavier Lortat-Jacob.
The experience has already been satisfactory in airports such as the French airport of Paris-Orly, where the own production of green hydrogen serves as fuel for the operation of the terminal.
Hydrogen as fuel is generated through an electrolysis process (water and electricity). It becomes "green" if the electricity necessary for the process is obtained through renewable energies that do not generate pollution in the process.
Air Liquide will convert that clean electricity into green hydrogen and Copec will be in charge of distributing it to the vehicles.
