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Xinhua News Agency, Natal, Brazil, August 22 (Reporter Zhou Yongsui) China State Grid Brazil Electricity CPFL Company (hereinafter referred to as State Grid Brazil Electricity CPFL Company) and Brazil's Mizu Cement Manufacturing Company held a signing ceremony for the green hydrogen technology project in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil on the 22nd, injecting new impetus into the local energy transformation.

According to the contract, the two parties will jointly invest in the construction of a 1MW green hydrogen production station with a full chain including hydrogen production, storage, transportation and application, and cooperate on key technologies for hydrogen-electricity coupling. After the project is completed, the green hydrogen production capacity will reach 200 standard cubic meters per hour.

Fatima Bezerra, governor of Rio Grande do Norte, pointed out at the ceremony that Chinese companies are investing in green hydrogen technology projects in Rio Grande do Norte, leading the energy transformation in northeastern Brazil with technological innovation and promoting the green development of local industry.

Roberto de Oliveira, president of Mizzou, said, "Brazil needs to learn from China, especially in areas such as wind energy, solar energy and green hydrogen, where there is great room for cooperation between the two sides."

Chen Daobiao, chairman of State Grid Pakistan Electricity CPFL, said that vigorously developing clean energy and promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy and society have become the general consensus of the international community in responding to global climate change.

Lan Heping, Chinese Consul General in Recife, said that China will be Rio Grande do Norte's largest trading partner in 2023. In the first half of 2024, the total trade volume between China and Rio Grande do Norte reached US$110 million.

Green hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable energy sources such as wind power, hydropower, and solar energy, and there is no carbon emission in the hydrogen production process.