Spain wants to be the first hub renewable hydrogen of the world. Energy preparation dozens of production facility projects related to green hydrogen – It does not emit CO2 by using electricity from the grid, renewable energy for his generation-; industrial groups are looking for ways to reuse production processes or pave the way for their use as a fuel for all types of transportation; and the government encourages great network of hydroduct corridors both domestic and international to carry future energy.
The aim is to create an energy and industrial ecosystem that will embrace the environment. green hydrogen revolution As part of and for the country’s energy transition, it seeks to leverage European funding to support this fabric of research, development, production and use cases. The government has launched five aid programs for green hydrogen-related projects. Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) and it was met by a barrage of real demands that far exceeded the planned budget.
triple the number of requests
The Ministry of Ecological Transformation has enabled the grant distribution processes through the Energy Diversification and Savings Institute (IDAE). Joint budget assistance of 340 million euros calls for companies to finance some of their projects, however, drew an avalanche Petitions submitted requesting assistance of more than 1,100 million euros, more than three times More than budgeted according to analysis of publicly available documents on all distribution processes by EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA.
Through five programs launched (four have already been definitively resolved and another still subject to allegations, only by an interim decision) grants to a total of 63 projects, but more than 200 initiatives preferred To the subsidies placed on the European funds of the Recovery Plan, which mandates a comprehensive screening of applications.
The aid scheme for the pioneering hydrogen (H2) projects, with the largest budget at 150 million euros, subsidized 19 projects, but received an avalanche of 746 million aid requests, five times the total expected amount. 127 applicants Subsidized projects include a few: Iberdrola, EDP, Cepsa, Enagás Renovable or Redexis, Between 4 and 15 million in aid for each of the initiatives involving green hydrogen production projects for the chemical industry or replacing natural gas for uses in other industrial processes or heavy mobility.
H2 value chain
The assistance program for projects in the hydrogen value chain is divided into four branches. The six initiatives selected under Line 1 of Incentives will receive a total of 11.9 million in aid and will include the creation of power stations and facilities to produce hydrogen generators, the development of storage systems or test platforms for hydrogen technologies. And Line 2 has served to award 37.52 million to twelve hydrogen-powered mobility projects developed by groups such as: Airbus with Talgo, Repsol and Şener, Alstom with Adif, Enagás with Repsolor also hydrogen-powered supersonic aircraft designed by the Destinus group.
Line 3 envisions distributing €100m among seven projects, despite receiving 25 bids requesting 353m for the development and manufacture of large electrolyzers used to separate water from molecules with hydrogen electricity. oxygen. 15 million grants were awarded to each of the initiatives and beneficiaries include: Endesa, Iberdrola and BP alliance, Repsol with two projects (one in alliance with Naturgy), EDP takes part in five projects, Cepsa or Acciona with two attempts.
Finally, Line 4 anticipates distribution of 40 million for 19 projects after receiving a total of 43 proposals seeking funding for research, innovation pilot programs development and staff training, even if only a temporary solution proposal comes from IDAE. in key technologies. Among those tentatively selected are projects that include: In conjunction with Iberdrola, Siemens Gamesa, Hiperbaric, Acerinox or Ingeteam, among others.
The government launched the strategic project for recovery and economic transformation (PERTE) a year ago. Committed to renewable energies and green hydrogen, initially equipped with €6,900 million of European funding and later expanded to €7,900 million, it aims to mobilize a further 16,000 million private investments. As part of the plan, they are allocated. 1.555 million public funds for renewable hydrogen to mobilize 2,800 million private capital, For Spain to have a relevant role in the green hydrogen revolution.