Leslie Kerwin

My name is Leslie Kerwin, I’m a third-year Multimedia Journalism student based in Manchester, currently working as a freelance journalist.

I speak Spanish, and am currently learning Teeline shorthand.

Hydrogen Industry Leaders

In 2024, I set to work as a writer for Hydrogen Industry Leaders, an international B2B specialising in the hydrogen sector. Throughout my time there, I worked in both English and Spanish to cover developments in the energy sector across Latin America and Brazil for a specialised industry audience. Below is a full archive of stories from this time.

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HIF Global Announces New Hydrogen Project in Brazil

The hydrogen giant signed a land-reservation contract with the Port of Açu to develop a plant that is expected to produce approximately 800,000 tons of e-methanol, its first foray into the Brazilian market.
The agreement was formalised on Tuesday during the energy fair ROG.e, held in Rio de Janeiro, and established that HIF Global would reserve a large swathe of land within the Port of Açu complex to develop its e-methanol instillation, which will also be supported by the port itself.
The Port o...
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Arequipa Announces Hydrogen Projects After Wave of Investments

ProInversión, a government agency dedicated to promoting private investment into Peru, has projected over 5 billion dollars’ worth of investment into the generation of clean energy in Arequipa, more than 60% of the total amount of investments awarded in Peru by 2024.
At a meeting held in May, the Regional Government of Arequipa revealed that foreign investors planned to invest around 35 million dollars into new industrial projects in Arequipa – including the construction of a new hydrogen plant...
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Chilean Government Launches Plans to Regulate Hydrogen Industry

The interministerial initiative, supported by the Sustainable Productive Development Programme, aims to put in place ‘clear and robust’ regulations to promote the use and development of hydrogen as a sustainable and clean energy source.
The Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, was joined by the Ministers of Economic Affairs and Transport, Nicolás Grau and Juan Carlos Muñoz, and the subsecretaries of Mining and Health, Suina Chahuán and Andrea Albagli, on Thursday to present the Hydrogen Regulations...
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Brazil Approves Second Hydrogen Law with Auctions Expected for 2025

The Brazilian Senate has approved a second law promoting the uptake of hydrogen within the country,  which is set to establish new rules for the Hydrogen Development for Low Carbon Emissions Programme (PHBC), which will set a limit of 7kg for emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases.
The PHBC was initially included in the country’s first regulatory framework for low-carbon hydrogen, sanctioned in August of this year, but was scrapped by President Silva for lack of clarity regarding tax imp...
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Chile Signs E-Fuels Agreement alongside Hyvolution 2024

Chile’s National Petroleum Company Enap has closed a commercial agreement with the international electrofuel development programme HIF Global that will allow Enap to participate in future HIF projects and accelerate the development of e-fuels in Chile.
The deal comes as the country sees its second year of the Hyvolution Chile fair, which has marked itself as a key event within the Latin American hydrogen industry and hosted more than thirteen panels in Metropolitan Santiago, where the event took...
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H2 Ecosystem: New Colombian Hydrogen Information Platform

The Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergía) has joined together with the Latin-American-Carribean hydrogen platform H2LAC to deliver the country’s first hydrogen information system, H2 Ecosystem, which it hopes will ‘centralise, pick up, divulge, and register projects and information on the value of hydrogen and its derivatives.’ 
The announcement was made during a virtual event organised within the framework of the H2-diplo Programme, Diplomacy of Decarbonisation, and financed by th...
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Costa Rica Aims for Decarbonisation Through Green Hydrogen Projects

The Mitigation Action Facility was joined by a member of the German company GIZ as they announced a major project that will see green hydrogen being used as an alternative to traditional, carbon-producing energy sources.
Speaking to Deputy Minister of Energy Ronny Rodríguez, the MAF – a multi-donor fund that supports and finances climate projects in its partner countries – said: “It is extremely important for us that we start generating knowledge through projects where we have financial support...
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Uruguay Launches new Hydrogen Association

The Hydrogen Association’s launch marks another step in Uruguay’s Green Hydrogen Roadmap plan, which leaders hope will bring the renewable energy sector to new heights and make the country a global competitor on the hydrogen market. 
The launch of the Uruguayan Hydrogen Association, which took place at the Catholic University of Uruguay’s Business School, was attended by representatives from several government departments, including the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mines, the Ministry of En...
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Colombia’s First Hydrogen-Powered Buses Experience Continued Delays

The rollout of Colombia’s first wave of hydrogen-powered buses has fallen victim to continued setbacks and delays, director of the National Factory of Bodyworks (Fanalca) Eduardo Cando has revealed.
The project, announced a year ago by the then-Minister of Mines and Energy Irene Vélez, promised to be a major step forward in Colombia’s aim to reduce carbon emissions and eventually reach its net-zero target.
The buses would be a ‘revolution’ for the capital city of Bogotá, carrying up to fifty pas...
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Colombia Pursues Hydrogen Alliances With UAE and Brazil

Colombian president Gustavo Petro has called on the UAE to invest in green hydrogen projects in La Guajira, while also proposing an alliance between Colombia and Brazil’s biggest domestic petroleum companies.
“A very, very powerful associate, the United Arab Emirates, is going to arrive here,” said Petro on Saturday “and I want to invite them to come and visit Maicao’s Arab community.
“For over a century, we have had an Arab community here constantly speaking with the Wayuu community. These Ara...
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Chilean Ministry of Energy Publishes Hydrogen Plan

The document outlines 18 key lines of action to promote the production and usage of hydrogen within the country, as the Chilean Ministry strives to position itself as a future world-leader in the production of green hydrogen.
It comes after a year of collaboration with a Transversal Strategic Committee, and promises to make Chile a key exporter of green hydrogen by 2030.
The first phase of the plan, published on Thursday, will seek to attract potential hydrogen buyers, as well as define investme...