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ROME, Dec. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Enel Green Power, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc.

(EGPNA), and Maire Tecnimont S.p.A., through its company for the energy

transition, NextChem, have signed a memorandum of understanding to support the

production of green hydrogen via electrolysis in the United States. Enel will

leverage NextChem's hydrogen technology and engineering expertise to grow its

green hydrogen business in the US. The project, expected to be operational in

2023, will convert renewable energy from one of EGPNA's solar plants in the

United States into green hydrogen to be supplied to a bio-refinery.

NextChem will act as technology and engineering partner and full turnkey EPC

contractor, providing Enel Green Power with the necessary technical assistance

for the development and implementation of the project. This agreement

represents the first application of a Framework Cooperation Agreement between

Enel and NextChem to evaluate the implementation of joint projects, including

the testing of advanced technologies to increase efficiency in the production

of green hydrogen using renewables.

"This new partnership is the latest milestone in the Enel Group's commitment to

promoting the development of green hydrogen," said Salvatore Bernabei, CEO of

Enel Green Power. "We are actively scouting for opportunities in this segment

in several parts of the world, both in Europe and in the Americas, and we look

forward to joining forces with partners such as Maire Tecnimont to make the

most of the significant potential that green hydrogen represents for the

decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors."

Pierroberto Folgiero, Maire Tecnimont Group and NextChem CEO, commented: "We

are really proud to be Enel's partner of choice in this industrial initiative

which enhances our Group's expertise in the hydrogen chemistry applied at the

production of green hydrogen from solar renewables and represents a relevant

step in the development of our green hydrogen initiatives, that are one of the

pillars of our hydrogen strategy. Acting as enabler and facilitator in

integrated technological schemes is also a key point in our business strategy.

The American market is once more really interesting for us and we are looking

at it with great attention."

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Source: Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.