Brazil is turning wind and water into the fuel of the future — and it costs almost nothing to make.
The Pecém Industrial and Port Complex in Ceará, northeast Brazil, is now home to one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest green hydrogen production hubs. Powered entirely by offshore wind turbines and Brazil's vast hydroelectric surplus, electrolysers at the site split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using 100% renewable electricity — producing zero-carbon fuel at industrial scale.
Green hydrogen is the missing link in global decarbonisation. It can replace coal in steelmaking, natural gas in chemical plants, and diesel in heavy freight — sectors where batteries simply cannot reach. Brazil's combination of abundant wind, water, and equatorial sun gives it a production cost advantage no other nation can match.
Current projections put Brazil's green hydrogen production cost at $1.50 per kilogram by 2030 — below the threshold needed to outcompete fossil fuels on pure economics, without subsidies.
The federal government's New Industry Brazil programme has designated green hydrogen a strategic national export, with $18 billion in blended finance committed through 2035.
Brazil fed the world with agriculture. Now it plans to fuel the world with green hydrogen.
International Renewable Energy Agency — IRENA (2024)
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