The HIF Paysandú e-Fuels facility will be located in Constancia, 15 km from Paysandú. The initiative is aligned with Uruguay's strategy to respond to the global transformation in the fuel industry.
The project considers the generation of electricity from renewable sources and the transmission of this energy to the e-Fuels plant.
The project includes the “Lucía” Photovoltaic Solar Park (PSF Lucía), located north of the town of El Eucalipto, with a peak generation capacity of 1,162 MWp. And the “Elena” Wind Farm (PE Elena) will be located in the Cuchilla de Fuego area, southeast of El Eucalipto, with an installed capacity of 1,137.6 MWp.
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700,000 tons/year e-Methanol production
900,000 tons/year CO₂ recycled
1.1 GW electrolyzer capacity
~3,000 jobs during construction and approximately 300 direct jobs during operations
US $6 billion to be invested