Spanish companies take action to capitalize on the future revolution green hydrogenAn anticipated new energy boom, intended to be vital to promoting the inevitable decarbonisation of the economy. Energy and industry groups They are positioning themselves to capitalize on the new vein and go far beyond the current government’s 2030 targets; this triggered his passion for the draft Spanish green plan for this decade, which was submitted to the European Commission.
already exists in spain A ‘megaportfolio’ of nearly a hundred renewable hydrogen production projects they are distributed across the country, and they are already defeating the new target set by the Executive. Green hydrogen, which uses electricity from renewable energies for its production, is expected to be one of the next big shakeups in the energy sector in a few years, with the aim of replacing natural gas with an emission-free green gas. It is difficult to electrify the economic processes of the sectors.
Spanish groups have concrete plans for total construction. 94 green hydrogen production plants by 2030According to the most recently updated data collected by the Chair for Hydrogen Studies at the Pontifical University of Comillas, the combined power of the electrolyzers (which drives the process that separates hydrogen molecules from water) is around 17,200 megawatts (MW). .
The common strength of the project portfolio designed by energy companies and industrial groups lies in u.n 56% above the target set by the Ministry The new version of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC), which has not yet been approved by Brussels, provides support for the Ecological Transition, led by Teresa Ribera, the Acting President.
The revised green ‘megaplan’ includes a prediction that Spain will have the electrolysis power to produce 11,000 MW of green hydrogen by 2030. A new target that has already nearly tripled the modest target of just 4,000 MW set in the previously approved Hydrogen Roadmap.
Green bet for the future
The vast majority of projects are still in their infancy and it cannot be taken for granted that they will eventually start working. Of nearly a hundred projects, only four are currently operational and ten are under construction, about twenty have started the administrative procedures for obtaining permits, while the remainder (more than 60) are still in the feasibility study phase of the project.
Business giants like this Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, Repsol, Cepsa, Enagás or Acciona They’re in this race to get into the big green hydrogen business and have a million-dollar project to set up production facilities in Spain. Companies are implementing projects through what are known as regional hydrogen valleys, public-private business ecosystems, facilitating the connection between green gas producers and consumers.
Up to 11 hydrogen valleys projected in Spain Puertollano (Ciudad Real), Andalusia, Catalonia, Extremadura, Basque Country, Galicia, Castilla y León, Murcia, Aragon and also Mallorca, According to the census of the Spanish Hydrogen Association (AEH2), the planned investment of the initiatives as a whole amounts to 21 billion 900 million Euros for 2030.
Boss needs ambition
Employers of the gas industry are requesting that the future Government be more specific about the hydrogen targets in the newly revised PNIEC to ensure the development of the new vector, facilitate its applicability and dissemination. Sedigás demands it Future Government pursues 11,000 MW electrolyzer target It will also be featured in future versions of the Renewable Hydrogen Roadmap and will also include the possibility of mixing (‘blending’) natural gas with renewable hydrogen to achieve decarbonisation of the gas sector.
In parallel, Sedigas warns that it is not ambitious in targeting biomethane, which avoids direct emissions from waste or natural sources. Business demands the markup We aim for biomethane production between 35 and 47 terawatt hours (TWh), Compared to the 20 TWh envisaged in the PNIEC draft.