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This is the Lucía project, in the Paysandú department, which HIF is developing to supply its future e-Fuel production plant. HIF Global has submitted for evaluation to the National Environmental Observatory of the Ministry of Environment of Uruguay the Lucía photovoltaic project, with a proposed installed capacity of 1,162 MWp, to be installed in the department of Paysandú, Uruguay. This facility, which will be developed on approximately 1,500 hectares, has as its main objective to supply electricity to the future e-Fuel production plant that the company plans to install in the same region. According to the project communication , the installation of 1,844,400 bifacial panels with an individual power of 700 Wp is contemplated, mounted on tracker structures with a North-South orientation (Tracker 1V DR), in such a way that solar radiation and its daily East-West evolution are better utilized, it specifies. For the conversion of direct current to alternating current, it is described that the project will use 3,074 Huawei SUN2000-300KTL-H1 string inverters - with their associated transformation centers - models JUPITER-9000K-H1, JUPITER-6000K-H1 and JUPITER-3000K-H1 -, each with a power of 300 kVA and an output voltage of 800 V. In addition, the installation of 128 transformer stations is proposed, which will raise the voltage from 800 V to 31.5 kV, with an estimated 24 inverters per transformer station. The DC/AC ratio of the project will be 1.26. Construction of the photovoltaic plant is estimated to take 18 months. During the peak construction phase, the project will create approximately 400 direct jobs and 50 indirect jobs. Once operational, the plant will support between 8 and 12 direct jobs and between 4 and 6 indirect jobs. In June 2023, Uruguays National Administration of Fuels, Alcohol and Portland (ANCAP) awarded HIF Global a tender for the construction of green hydrogen facilities in the Paysandú department . The project involves an investment of around 4 billion dollars and ANCAP plans to use biogenic carbon dioxide from the company Alcoholes de Uruguays (ALUR) ethanol plant. HIF Globals proposal calls for 180,000 tonnes of synthetic fuels (e-fuels) per year for trucks in the forestry sector using 710,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from ALURs ethanol plant in Paysandú starting in 2024. It will also have a 1 GW alkaline electrolyser. |
