this State your draft this friday is guaranteed pipeline between Barcelona Y Marseille It could be operational in “four or five years”. “There were some initial sketches that Enagás was working on. (…) We had already started working on this hypothesis (a pipeline hypothesis connecting Barcelona to Livorno) and the connection to Marseille cuts it off. Teresa Ribera, the third vice president, told the Spanish Embassy in Paris. In statements to the media, he said it would take four to five years for us to calculate.
Teresa Ribera, Minister of Ecological Transformation, met with the French Minister of Economy in Paris this Friday, Bruno LeMaire, and Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher. That meeting followed Thursday’s agreement between Paris, Madrid and Lisbon to promote a deal. underwater pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille, carrying gas and green hydrogen. An announcement that put an end to the pulse of recent months to dust off the MidCat gas pipeline project has finally named its place as BarMar.
an approximate date
This infrastructure is a project that is currently in its infancy. Ribera uses the term “four or five years” approximately. It will also depend on the work of companies in Portugal and France. 2030 as a possible start-up date. “We know the capacity of Enagás. But at the same time We need the cooperation of French and Portuguese actors‘ he pointed.
The minister announced they don’t know the cost He built the new infrastructure for the Spanish vaults, although he hinted that it would be higher than the 400 million figure for the MidCat factories in the Iberian territory. He noted, however, that they offer to present it with other countries involved. A plan for the beginning of December with more details. “It will be a blueprint that allows us to answer what the estimated cost and start-up is, but it can also carry gas,” said Ribera, who insists there is a pipeline to transport green hydrogen.
Also, he announced that Spain proposing Marseille as a destination for France. Considering a possible gas pipeline (or hydro pipeline) with Livorno, one possibility being studied is an alternative to MidCat that emerged in August. He explained that BarMar will have three phases: “the underwater part from Barcelona to Marseille, the part that will connect Marseille to the future hydroelectric grid, and a possible third part that will allow it to connect with Germany, although this is mandatory, although it has been seen”.