Walmart Chile announces green hydrogen production plant
In Chile, Walmart said the company’s CEO Doug McMillon attended the grand opening of a green hydrogen plant at Walmart’s Quilicura Distribution Center in Santiago, Chile.
Walmart said that the project was developed collaboratively with the generating company Engie. Once converted, the plant will play a key role in Walmart Chile’s path to net-zero emissions.
Walmart Chile CEO Cristián Barrientos, said: “We see tremendous potential for our business [and] want to expand the use of this technology to [all] distribution centers [in] the company’s logistics network throughout the country, with the aim of operating 100% with green hydrogen by 2025.”
In its first stage, the green hydrogen plant will allow the Quilicura Distribution Center to replace the lead-acid batteries of 200 forklift cranes with hydrogen energy cells, cutting 250 tons of toxic waste per year. Over the course of the 15-year project, Walmart expects it to reduce the release of CO2 into the atmosphere by 17,100 tons.
Category: Hydrogen
