The Energy Chamber is encouraged by the results of the Hydrogen Economy Event on November 29, 2022. The call to urgent action from the Honourable Minister of Energy & Energy Industries is warmly welcomed.
The supportive words from the Ministry of Planning and Development, and the confident outlook as outlined by the IDB-funded KBR report, further reinforce the importance and buy-in of this new green hydrogen journey that we must undertake as a matter of urgency.
We are fortunate that here in T&T, as an energy society, we are not starting from the beginning of this journey, thanks to the bp/ Shell/Lightsource bp Solar Project and the NewGen Hydrogen Project, which has been in development for the past two years.
When interviewed by EnergyNow, Dr Dale Ramlakhan, the NewGen Project Director, has exclusively informed us that, “Earlier this week, NewGen achieved another important project milestone, that of commencing the tender process for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED), and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) phase for the construction of the US$200 million NewGen facility. This landmark achievement has already engaged the world’s leading EPC contractors and Electrolyser Suppliers to participate in this important development phase. This project has reached the FEED/EPC phase and at this scale is only one of the very few to do so in the world at this time.”
He added, “As a result of these developments, T&T has a ready-to-go project in the low carbon and green hydrogen arena, in the form of NewGen, that is scheduled to be operational in Q2 2026. This will allow T&T to remain ahead of the pack, by approximately four years, and this head start will advance the local development of hydrogen-related capabilities.”